In the play King Lear, the struggle between chaos and order could be dramatised and highlighted through different productions, reflecting certain perspectives. Shakespearean critic, Kathleen McLuskie, criticises King Lear from a feminist perspective, arguing that both the narrative and dramatisation of the play portrays a misogynistic and conservative patriarchal society, which was considered as the natural order of things. Chaos in the society occurs when females, Gonerill and Regan are empowered through the division of …
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…a result of the reversed of natural order. Feminist approach criticises the patriarchal society which regards the female as the reason for all the chaotic events. Order is restored when the females who trigger the chaos lose their power. Marxist production however sees power struggle as the causes for chaos and conflict. The hierarchical system is re-established when the characters such as Lear unleash their desire for power, ceasing a struggle between chaos and order.