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…, hatred. In the play King Lear and the novel Wuthering Heights the main characters share the common theme of Hate. Both Heathcliff and Edmund share hate for their peers, hate for their loved ones, and hate for themselves. The theme of hatred can…

…, King Lear’s flaw is that of arrogance while Macbeth’s it one of ambition. Some characters may be guilty of harboring many flaws, like Othello. Among Othello’s wrongs are gullibility and stupidity. In either case, the character never realizes ones flaws until…

…in which Lear wants her to. Because of this, she is disowned and sent away to France. The King even refers to her as, "Unfriended, new adopted to our hate, dow'red with our curse, and strangered with our oath."(I,i, ln 203-204). Cordelia's love for her father…

…this authoritative figure. In William Shakespeare’s King Lear, the authoritative figure has major character flaws, just as in Julius Caesar. These character flaws in King Lear lead to conflict throughout the entire play, but also show the reader the methods…

…decisions. Innocent people always feel the fall in tragedies, as well. The four most famous Shakespeare tragedies are King Lear, Hamlet, Othello, and Macbeth. Hamlet is about an emotionally scarred young man trying to avenge the murder of his father…

…and King Lear, which will be the focal point of this paper. One example of the intersection of power and law can be demonstrated in Henry IV Part 1, where young Hal has to determine what position he is going to uphold. He has to decide whether he wants…

…in King Lear (II.iv.263-282). King Lear presents this to his two evil daughters, Regan and Goneril . This appears when Lear comes to confront his daughters as to why they are taking his attendants away, along with his power . This is Lear’s last cry…

…With the possible exception of King Lear, no character in any of Shakespeare's plays undergoes such a radical devolution as that which transforms Lady Macbeth from a nearly superhuman character in the first act of Macbeth into a sleep-walking zombie…

…Cultural Herstory In the stories of King Lear, The Faerie Queene and The Wife of Bath’s Prologue, women are represented by the roles in which they play in the British culture in which they lived in. Each tells a story of the impact…

…daughters as a tie in to the King Lear story, but also as a way to warn readers about the things that masquerade as love and affection. The theme of love, or more specifically, the dangers of confusing love and its mutations and side effects, is so abundant…