King Lear

was ruled by a fair King and Queen. One day, the King and Queen were blessed with a gift of a daughter, and they named her Ophelia. But something wasn’t quite right with Ophelia. She was born with a deathly illness, so the noble King and Queen asked for the most powerful fairy godmother in the Kingdom. “I do not have the power to cure the princess from her illness, but I can give her a gift to help her. The gift I bestow upon Princess Ophelia of Venlighed is a necklace.” The King and Queen both…

Aadinath, often referred to as the Shopkeep, is a demon that runs a hole-in-the-wall black market that sells mystic and unscrupulous items. As the End of Days draws near, he has become a recluse of sorts, and refuses to associate himself more than need be with the rest of the Fallen. Aadinath appears to be slightly taller than Natalie, putting him at 5'5" or 5'6". He has ruffled, tawny hair that fades into an undercut in the back. He has sharp, amber eyes with low lids and thin, pointed…

say something like: "But if I am better than you, you've wronged me even more than I thought". later on, when Edmund hears about his father's death may be his wake up conscience for doing something as good for that refers to the place of a prison of Lear and Cordelia by giving his sword as signs for release them. Edmund: This speech of yours hath moved me,/And shall perchance do good. (V.iii.236-237). Here, another sign to the role the conscience or humanity. He has dealt by the conscience and…

In Chaucer’s satirical comedy The Canterbury Tales, and Shakespeare’s play King Lear, women are portrayed in a negative light. In both time periods, female characters are supposed to be submissive and obedient to their husbands; furthermore, as seen in the text, women are frowned upon for being knowledgeable and independent. Each author uses his work to promote their opinion on gender roles in society. In the fourteenth century, society was based on hierarchal status and women were at the…

by a good man, and any Shakespearean play with a strong female character offering useful advice either ends with her death in the tragedies or subdued in marriage in the comedies. Ophelia in Hamlet seeing through Hamlet’s insane act, Cordelia in King Lear telling her father not to be so careless with his kingdom in his old age, Juliet begging Romeo to wait until after the masquerade to kiss her in case someone saw them. Dead, banished, dead. But in the famed Scottish Play, Macbeth follows the…

judgment, without the which we are pictures or mere beasts”(Act 4.5.91-93). In this quote, King Claudius describes to his wife Gertrude, as Ophelia as being “divided from herself ” towards the end of the play. In other words, Ophelia is losing her mind. Although, what causes Ophelia to go mad? In William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”, the motif of madness caused by the feud of Hamlet and his stepfather, King Claudius contaminate the state of Denmark like a disease/sickness. Much evidence is…

1601 to 1609, Shakespeare crafted his four great tragedies: King Lear, Othello, Macbeth, and Hamlet. All four of these plays contain a tragic hero, who either dies or experiences a dramatic downfall because of his tragic flaw. Hamlet’s tragic flaw is his inability to act to avenge his father's death; however, corruption in Denmark is also a prevalent issue throughout the play. In Hamlet, as Hamlet leaves to follow his ghostly father King Hamlet, Marcellus states that “Something is rotten in the…

Blank Hero: Arthurian Reflections of Societies throughout History When people invoke the name of Arthur, the hero of legend and myth, they often associate the name with King Arthur of Camelot, sitting around the round table along with his noble knights, Queen Guinevere, and mentor Merlin. However, Arthur was not always a King, nor did he have a round table or a magical druid that could see into the future to guide him. Instead, the Britain-hero Arthur is an example of an adaptation of a…

choices of content shape the readers awareness and the motivation of the reader’s acceptance. In addition, Stoker also indirectly includes many other allusions such as “that way madness lies” (STOKER 192) when Dr. Seward alludes to Shakespeare famous King Lear. By using Shakespeare’s books and quotes several times, the reader may realize the countless influences that helped him develop the book; therefore, being able to find out more bout the author himself. Furthermore, literary allusions…

“…brings recognition of who and what we are.” (Rorty, 1992), and “…provides us with the appropriate objects towards which to feel pity or fear." (Lear, 1998, 196). Such a metaphor is held hand in hand with the treatment of Disney’s child audience who views such themes. Instead of allowing the audience to view, for example, the remains of Mufasa in The Lion King (1994) in its full grotesquery, they are…