King Lear: Comedy Or Tragedy?
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There has been many different views on the plays of William Shakespeare and
definitions of what kind of play they were. The two most popular would be
the comedy and the tragedy. King Lear to some people may be a comedy
because they believe that the play has been over exaggerated. Others would
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.... when fortune or something else would be on them.
The hero must be of a high status on the chain and the hero also possesses
a tragic flaw that initiates the tragedy. The fall of the hero is not felt
by him alone but creates a chain reaction which affects everything below
him. There must also be the element of chance or accident that influences
some point in the play.
King Lear meets all of these requirements that has been laid out by Bradley
which is the most logical for a definition of ....
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