The concept of blindness and sight can be seen in both a literal and figurative sense. Those who are blind, whether literally or figuratively, are bound to stumble. However, sometimes blindness is exa…
King Lear
Within the extract we witness a re-enactment of the original trial scene in act I, i. In this re-enactment Edgar, disguised as Poor Tom and the Fool are Lear's support, the other judges. There is iron…
Justice is loosely defined as equality, including the rich and the poor being treated the same, but everyone knows that that is far from the truth. In William Shakespeare's tragedy titled "King Lear",…
Actions speak louder than words, love is not merely pleasant words, and greed can make one act out of character. In Shakespeare's King Lear, the character for whom the play derives its title learns a …
The books of Judges and Kings in the Bible are distinguished by their progressive view on women. In Judges and Kings, female characters undergo much more complex storylines, often antagonizing and out…
Edmund, a character from Shakespeare's play, King Lear, was portrayed as someone who grew up facing many challenges. Growing up as the illegitimate child of Gloucester, he was set up for a life of peo…