King Lear: A Shakespearean 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 sa ....
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.... knowing 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 de ....
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