King Lear Research Paper

King Lear is still relevant as of today as the concepts of King Lear can be applicable to almost any life. Through the experiences of my family, poor judgments, a power struggle between parents and child, and a owning driven power can be seen as similarities with King Lear.

The experiences of poor judgements in my family are like the ones in King Lear’s. My eldest brother, Alan, has a relationship with my parents that can be compared to Cordelia’s relationship with King Lear. Alan has never been a focused student in school and has had an unconcerned approach to life. With my parents immigrating to Canada to provide a better opportunity in life for my family, they were disappointed with my brother. As a result of this, they have failed to notice …show more content…
In my family, my parents control the schedule of myself and my brothers’ to reassure themselves that we putting our efforts towards academics. Although, in the recent years, particularly myself, I have become independent. With extracurricular activities that I take part outside of school and with a part time job,I do not have the time to be on my parent’s schedule at home, focusing on my academics. Despite having them as my parents, as a growing, young individual I must make my own decision and thus gain more power of myself. In King Lear, however, King Lear gives his land and power away to his daughters because of his ever increasing age. While staying at his daughters’ homes, King Lear asserts his power as their father and as King of England. In response to this behaviour, his daughters tell their servants to ignore his orders as he is not in the position to demand anymore. Both King Lear and my parents encounter a power struggle as their children declare their independence. At a certain age, children become independent where adults can not control and a certain age adults begin to lose power. It is this reason why power struggles are formed within