King Lear Essay
King Lear by William Shakespeare shows the danger of powers by most of the people in power dying by the end. King Lear had power, though he gave it away, and he was made mad from how his daughters treated said power. He found that Cordelia, the only daughter who loved him and to whom he gave nothing to, was the one who would help him fight against Reagan and her army. Reagan was out to kill her father by the end, and the protection of his sweet daughter saved his life, though it ended hers. King Lear had decided to give away his powers so to be able to retire peacefully “Tell me, my daughters,--Since now we will divest us both of rule, Interest of territory, cares of state,--Which of you shall we say doth love us most?”’ King Lear, however without power over this, has no decision on what happens next with his family.
In the beginning, Lear has the power over all of them though he is getting old and wishes to retire. He splits up the land into 3, then two because Cordelia doesn’t profess her love as he wishes. At this point, Lear abuses his power and
Regan took her power far too seriously, her husband as well. Kent was put in the stocks, though he warned them that the King would not take kindly to the act. “‘Sir, I am too old to learn...On whose employment I was sent to you.You …show more content…
We learn of his desire for power in the second chapter as he is having his soliloquy in the second scene where he states “‘Well, then, Legitimate Edgar, I must have your land: Our father's love is to the bastard Edmund as to the legitimate: fine word,--legitimate!’” His father believed his lying son, who claimed that Edgar was the bad child and that he was planning his murder. Edmund even hurt himself to attempt to rise in statute. “‘Some blood drawn on me would beget opinion.’” When able to get rid of someone else of power, he took it, telling a captain to hang Lear and
King Lear by William Shakespeare shows the danger of powers by most of the people in power dying by the end. King Lear had power, though he gave it away, and he was made mad from how his daughters treated said power. He found that Cordelia, the only daughter who loved him and to whom he gave nothing to, was the one who would help him fight against Reagan and her army. Reagan was out to kill her father by the end, and the protection of his sweet daughter saved his life, though it ended hers. King Lear had decided to give away his powers so to be able to retire peacefully “Tell me, my daughters,--Since now we will divest us both of rule, Interest of territory, cares of state,--Which of you shall we say doth love us most?”’ King Lear, however without power over this, has no decision on what happens next with his family.
In the beginning, Lear has the power over all of them though he is getting old and wishes to retire. He splits up the land into 3, then two because Cordelia doesn’t profess her love as he wishes. At this point, Lear abuses his power and
Regan took her power far too seriously, her husband as well. Kent was put in the stocks, though he warned them that the King would not take kindly to the act. “‘Sir, I am too old to learn...On whose employment I was sent to you.You …show more content…
We learn of his desire for power in the second chapter as he is having his soliloquy in the second scene where he states “‘Well, then, Legitimate Edgar, I must have your land: Our father's love is to the bastard Edmund as to the legitimate: fine word,--legitimate!’” His father believed his lying son, who claimed that Edgar was the bad child and that he was planning his murder. Edmund even hurt himself to attempt to rise in statute. “‘Some blood drawn on me would beget opinion.’” When able to get rid of someone else of power, he took it, telling a captain to hang Lear and