King Lear And 1984 Comparison Essay

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A Comparison between
King Lear and
1984
Introduction
The art of writing stories is very complex and it takes a takes a lot of critical thinking and creativity to be able to send effective messages to one’s target audience. The authors of various stories have always developed new ways of making certain impressions to their audience and while certain tools seem accidental within a story, they are usually intentional and meant to send very serious messages to the audience. The use of quotes from characters to develop certain themes within a story is one of the oldest yet most effective ways which have been used by various authors to achieve the task of thematic development. Through this method, authors put certain quotes into their characters
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Author’s Reason for Using the Quote
The reason why the quote in Shakespeare’s story was used was not only to entertain the audience but also to ensure that they obtain some lessons from it. This character has been used wisely by the creator of the story to ensure that the most of his objectives are realized. Firstly, the author managed to inform the audience about the idea of family love (Fitzgerald 81-84). He argued that the love within a family is not dependent upon the wealth that such a family owns or the rewards that such kind of love can offer (Berlin 105-109). Loving a parent is the obligation of any child and that no child should provide conditions under which they would be able to love their parents. The second moral which the author intended to send to the audience comes in the form of the powers possessed by loving the family and one’s parents.
1984
Overview
As for the book
1984
, Orwell uses the various quotes which were given by the various characters in the story to ensure that the information sent to the target audience is as clear as possible. Orwell makes his characters to use these quotes with the primary intention of providing certain elements of information whose roles in the story are to provide additional

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