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ARRoGANT CoURiERS WiTH ESSaYS
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Grade Level: Type of Work Subject/Topic is on:
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[ ]6-8 [ ]Class Notes [Essay on Shakespeare's ]
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[x]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes [King Lear ]
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[ ]11-12 [x]Essay/Report [ ]
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[ ]College [ ]Misc [ ]
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>Chop Here>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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King lear Assignment
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English OAC
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Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear is a detailed description of the
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consequences of one man's decisions. This fictitious man is Lear, King of
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England, who's decisions greatly alter his life and the lives of those
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around him. As Lear bears the status of King he is, as one expects, a man
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of great power but sinfully he surrenders all of this power to his
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daughters as a reward for their demonstration of love towards him. This
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untimely abdication of his throne results in a chain reaction of events
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that send him through a journey of hell. King Lear is a metaphorical
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description of one man's journey through hell in order to expiate his sin.
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As the play opens one can almost immediately see that Lear begins to
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make mistakes that will eventually result in his downfall. The very first
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words that he speaks in the play are :-
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"...Give me the map there. Know that we have divided In three our kingdom,
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and 'tis our fast intent To shake all cares and business from our age,
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Conferring them on younger strengths while we Unburdened crawl to death..."
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(Act I, Sc i, Ln 38-41)
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This gives the reader the first indication of Lear's intent to abdicate his
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throne. He goes on further to offer pieces of his kingdom to his daughters
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as a form of reward to his test of love.
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"Great rivals in our youngest daughter's love, Long in our court have made
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their amorous sojourn, And here are to be answered. Tell me, my daughters
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(Since now we will divest us both of rule, Interest of territory, cares of
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state), Which of you shall we say doth love us most? That we our largest
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bounty may extend where nature doth with merit challenge."
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(Act I, Sc i, Ln 47-53)
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This is the first and most significant of the many sins that he makes in
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this play. By abdicating his throne to fuel his ego he is disrupts the
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great chain of being which states that the King must not challenge the
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position that God has given him. This undermining of God's authority
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results in chaos that tears apart Lear's world. Leaving him, in the end,
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with nothing. Following this Lear begins to banish those around him that
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genuinely care for him as at this stage he cannot see beyond the mask that
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the evil wear. He banishes Kent, a loyal servant to Lear, and his youngest
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and previously most loved daughter Cordelia. This results in Lear
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surrounding himself with people who only wish to use him which leaves him
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very vulnerable attack. This is precisely what happens and it is through
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this that he discovers his wrongs and amends them.
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Following the committing of his sins, Lear becomes abandoned and
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estranged from his kingdom which causes him to loose insanity. While lost
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in his grief and self-pity the fool is introduced to guide Lear back to the
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sane world and to help find the lear that was ounce lost behind a hundred
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Knights but now is out in the open and scared like a little child. The
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fact that Lear has now been pushed out from behind his Knights is
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dramatically represented by him actually being out on the lawns of his
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castle. The terrified little child that is now unsheltered is dramatically
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portrayed by Lear's sudden insanity and his rage and anger is seen through
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the thunderous weather that is being experienced. All of this contributes
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to the suffering of Lear due to the gross sins that he has committed.
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The pinnacle of this hell that is experienced be Lear in order to
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repay his sins is at the end of the play when Cordelia is killed. Lear
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says this before he himself dies as he cannot live without his daughter.
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"Howl, howl, howl! O, you are men of stones. Had I your tongues and eyes,
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I'd use them so That heaven's vault should crack. She's gone for ever! I
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know when one is dead, and when one lives. She's dead as earth. Lend me a
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looking glass. If that her breath will mist or stain the stone, Why, then
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she lives." (Act V, Sc iii, Ln 306-312)
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All of this pain that Lear suffered is traced back to the single most
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important error that he made. The choice to give up his throne. This one
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sin has proven to have massive repercussions upon Lear and the lives of
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those around him eventually killing almost all of those who were involved.
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And one is left to ask one's self if a single wrong turn can do this to
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Lear then what difficult corner lies ahead that ma cause similar
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alterations in one's life.
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Reference List
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Shakespeare, William. King Lear. Eric A.
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McCann, ed. Harcourt Brace Jovanovick
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Canada Inc., Canada. 1988.
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