Goneril in the Slytherin House Would one believe that a Shakespearean character could be accepted into one of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry houses? King Lear is a play written by William Shakespeare and takes place in mid-evil times in Britain. Within the play King Lear, who is the present King of Britain, is deciding to step down from his power, and now his job is to divide his kingdom up, and give them to his daughters. The play unravels and shows the consequences of what Lear has done, and shows that his decision and views on how he has divided the kingdom may have been terribly wrong. While this is going on with Lear, another part of the play is taking place, and it is between the king's Earl of Gloucester and his two
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In the play, King Lear, by William Shakespeare, one of the characters, Goneril, daughter of Lear, could best be acquired and accepted into the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry House: Slytherin, because of her ambitiousness, and ruthless acts to further her …show more content…
Lear has just left Goneril and went to live with Regan, Regan does not like the situation of Lear living with her either, so Goneril ends up working and talking with Regan to get their father out of their way, and no longer their problem. Lear believes that Regan is first on his side, but when Goneril enters and hold Regan's hand, Lear questions this. Goneril defends herself by saying "Why not by th' hand sir. How have I offended you?/All's not offense that indiscretions finds/ And dotage terms so" (II.iv.185-187). Goneril basically just told her father, why wouldn't I be joining sides with my sister? Goneril is working on getting what she wants, by also working together with someone like her, someone in her same realm. Her choice to be helpful towards her sister shows that Goneril is capable of working as a team, and together with someone. The two of them together show how the generation can ban together to take away from the one that gave their all to them, which is a theme within the play. Yet, even though this example shows Goneril working with someone else, it can still show how she is doing anything possible to get what she wants, and to what can ultimately benefit her self in the long
In the play, King Lear, by William Shakespeare, one of the characters, Goneril, daughter of Lear, could best be acquired and accepted into the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry House: Slytherin, because of her ambitiousness, and ruthless acts to further her …show more content…
Lear has just left Goneril and went to live with Regan, Regan does not like the situation of Lear living with her either, so Goneril ends up working and talking with Regan to get their father out of their way, and no longer their problem. Lear believes that Regan is first on his side, but when Goneril enters and hold Regan's hand, Lear questions this. Goneril defends herself by saying "Why not by th' hand sir. How have I offended you?/All's not offense that indiscretions finds/ And dotage terms so" (II.iv.185-187). Goneril basically just told her father, why wouldn't I be joining sides with my sister? Goneril is working on getting what she wants, by also working together with someone like her, someone in her same realm. Her choice to be helpful towards her sister shows that Goneril is capable of working as a team, and together with someone. The two of them together show how the generation can ban together to take away from the one that gave their all to them, which is a theme within the play. Yet, even though this example shows Goneril working with someone else, it can still show how she is doing anything possible to get what she wants, and to what can ultimately benefit her self in the long