Many critics regard "King Lear" as the greatest, and most tragic, of William Shakespeare's plays; indeed, some claim that it is the most tragic play ever written. ... In our eagerness to identify with Shakespeare's characters, we run the risk of bringing them down to our own level. ... But as Shakespeare presents it, the problem runs deeper. ... The powerfully tragic vision of King Lear is rooted in Shakespeare's understanding of political life, its limitations and its demands. ... Shakespeare repeats this pattern in Lear's appearances in act 4. ...

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• Approx Pages: 36
• Grade Level: High School

King Lear is one of the greatest tragedy play written by William Shakespeare, which portrays the intense suffering from the blindness through Lear king of Britain and the earl of Gloucester. ... Shakespeare use parallel structure of the main plot and subplot that mirror each other like throughout the play. ... They both blind to the truth by reject the good children and favor the bad ones .All Shakespeare's tragedies has a tragic hero which carried a tragic flaw: For Lear is pride and Gloucester is Lust. ... In Shakespeare's works the weather always reflect the situation in the pl...

• Word Count: 3449
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: High School