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"King Lear"


"King Lear"
An analysis of the themes and influences of William Shakespeare's "King Lear".
1,995 words (approx. 8 pages) | 7 sources | MLA | 2003 United Kingdom


Paper Summary:

This paper examines textual and historical connections in William Shakespeare's "King Lear", including a look at the "happy ending" version of 1681, connecting the play to some of Shakespeare's other tragedies and evaluating its significance in a modern context. It looks at how much has also been made of the fact that King Lear can be read as either a tragedy or a comedy and why Shakespeare chose to let Cordelia die giving "King Lear" a tragic ending, and not as in Nahum Tate's revisionist version a happy one.

From the Paper:

"King Lear, as G.B. Harrison notes, is "well known. It was one of many fables which old chroniclers inserted in the dark background of the times before the recorded history of England begins." (Harrison 17) The story concerns King Lear (or Leir, in many of the versions) and his three daughters. An earlier version of the play, The True Chronicle History of King Leir and his Three Daughters, Gonorill, Ragan and Cordella, was staged at the Rose Theatre in April 1594, and published in book form in 1605 (Harrison 18)."

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APA Citation:

"King Lear" (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 12, 2012, from http://www.academon.co.uk/Analytical-Essay-King-Lear/50622

MLA Citation:

""King Lear"" 15 January 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.co.uk/Analytical-Essay-King-Lear/50622>




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Now studying for a degree at Richmond-The American University in London. I have my own small-press publishing company - Last Call Publishing ltd. I am the author of Michael Marshall Smith: An annotated Bibliography. I run the web sites michaelmarshallsmith.com and chinamieville.com I am also a published poet, having had my first collection published in 1998. In addition, I also write book reviews for several publications.
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