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…renowned tragedies King Lear, and Macbeth, to Ivan Turgenev’s masterpiece Fathers and Sons, to the contemporary lyrical compositions of The Dave Mathews Band, are redolent of man’s vision of life’s purpose, shifting, while still echoing the tenets of fatalism’s…

…and most popular works. The four most famous tragedies written during this period are: Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth. First performed in 1603, Hamlet is probably the best known of Shakespeare's works. In the play, King Hamlet (Senior) is dead. His…

…. They also acted out Hamlet. In this play, they got members of the audience to do one scene and they did it over and over until they got it right. Then they did MacBeth, Othelo, and King Lear. The overall mood of the play was not serious at all. The actor’s…

…Kenneth Jones Professor Bailey English 2322 May 28, 2000 A Look at Shakespeare’s Edmund In King Lear, the villainous but intelligent Edmund, with more than a brief examination into his character, has understandable motivations outside of the base…

…King Lear-Context question In this scene we see Gloucester, at his very bleakest, his kind character has been pushed to the very limit of endurance and cannot bear the misery any longer. The extent of his torment is evident by his desire to commit…

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…and the suppression of the feminine side. Even more so than in Hamlet or King Lear, masculinity is a means to dominate and be successful. The world of Macbeth not only tries to eradicate the values of trust and hospitality perceived as feminine qualities but to annihilate…

…be argued that outside influences played their part. In the case of Othello, the scheming Iago used his cunning and manipulation to lead his victim into self-doubt and despair. The same could be said for King Lear, who was driven to madness by his ungrateful…

…, as evidenced by Hamlet and Edgar (the legitimate son of Gloucester in The Tragedy of King Lear), but other times it was genuine insanity. Ophelia and Lady MacBeth are obvious examples of Shakespearean characters that have slipped into madness--Ophelia due…