King Lear As A Tragic Hero
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In a writing of Shakespeare's play "King Lear", the main
character is King Lear who starts off as a respected and powerful
king. As the story progresses the king loses his power because of his
own stupidity and blindness. The tragedy of this play is shown through
the daughters of the king, the f ....
Middle of paper
.... The king was very upset with Cordelia and because of his
madness towards Cordelia thinking that she did not love him as much as
her other sisters, he divided the land in two and gave Reagan and
Goneril each half. Cordelia on the other hand received nothing as her
dowry and in turn no none would marry her except the King of France.
Giving the land to the two daughters was the first of Lear's mistakes,
for the daughters did not love him as much as Cordelia did, but they
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Word count: 750
Page count: 3 (approximately 250 words per page)
