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    Should you take risks for the person you love? Some can argue that you shouldn’t take risks for the ones you love. It really depends on if the the one you love will take the same risk for you. You should not be the only one taking risks. If you love someone and will do anything for that person your love for that person must be very strong‚ but sometimes you can be deeply in love with a person and they don’t feel the same as you do. You should remove yourself from that situation‚ it may not be easy

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    Alexi ********* Ms. ******** ENG 4U 14 November 2013 The Untrustworthiness of Language in “King Lear” Language is an essential part of communication in relationships and manipulation of people and situations. Using language to manipulate someone is a deadly skill and drives the story King Lear. King Lear let his two eldest daughters deceive him. Goneril and Regan lied to their father for personal gain‚ while Cordelia‚ the youngest daughter‚ stumbled on her words of love that she did not

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    Refer to Act one‚ scene five Describe the relationship between King Lear and his Fool in this passage. How is the relationship developed in King Lear as a whole? In Shakespeare’s "King Lear"‚ the relationship between Lear and the fool is crucial to the development of the character of Lear and also to many themes in the play. Interweaving insightful commentaries with clever wit and language‚ the fool‚ a loyal associate to Lear‚ offers an insight into Lear’s mind. Using juxtaposition with metaphor

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    King Lear: To be the Cause of One’s Own Tragedy Robert Silverstein Grade 12 English‚ ENG4U Mr. Fuller July 10th‚ 2009 To be the Cause of One’s Own Tragedy William Shakespeare’s tragic works are notably characterized by the hamartia of their protagonists. This tragic flaw is a defect in character that brings about an error in action‚ eventually leading to the characters imminent downfall. In Shakespeare’s King Lear‚ written in 1606‚ the King’s

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    King Lear was written by Shakespeare which is the one of his great tragedies that portrays human suffering and redemption through the experiences of the play’s major characters ; King Lear and Gloucester. All tragedies that Shakespeare wrote have a tragic hero and each of them has a tragic flaw. The play focuses on the suffering emerged out of the circumstances where attempted to occur within the family‚ between father and daughter and also among siblings. The suffering is caused by the irresponsibility

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    Throughout King Lear‚ Shakespeare combines many ideas‚ and techniques in order to allow the reader to fully understand the morals behind the main themes‚ Sight and blindness. This is achieved by integrating techniques which stem from the central plot in order to add and explain additional ideas and devices such as deception‚ and inversion. Sight and blindness are common theme’s that are found continuously throughout the text‚ in order to convey the mindset of characters‚ specifically Lear. Both deception

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    King Lear History/Past Profile: King Lear is powerful king from England and father of three lovely daughters. He enjoys being flattered and enjoys having absolute power. As he is now well advanced in years‚ he has decided to step down from the throne and divides up his lands between his daughters‚ but hasn’t let go of his control just yet. Recent Traumatic Events: Not a long ago‚ King Lear decided to split his kingdom among his three daughters: Regan‚ Goneril‚ and Cordelia. He asks the daughters

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    William Shakespeare tragedy‚ “King Lear”‚ was written in Jacobean times (1606) yet set in an ancient Britain approximately 750 years earlier. It conveys‚ through Shakespeare stagecraft and dramatic language‚ how the intense relationships which emerge from a monarchical society can become confused and damaged. The eponymous King Lear and his connections with his youngest daughters‚ Cordelia‚ and court Jester‚ the fool‚ are dramatized effectively to entrance audience throughout the centuries‚ as this

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    Mr. Schemmel A.P. Literature May 14‚2012 King Lear by Shakespeare and Candide by Voltaire Although King Lear by Shakespeare and Candide by Voltaire are very different on the outside they share internal values. King Lear is a play written by William Shakespeare‚ who was an English poet and playwright who was widely regards as the greatest writer in the English language and the world pre-eminent dramatist (Shakespear‚ 1998). Candide by Voltaire is a satire‚ Voltaire was born Francois-Marie

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    from the book and the movie that Red Chief won’t run away to get Bill and Sam for revenge. As seen in the movie‚ Red Chief’s father Ebenezer Dorson‚ sent a letter to Bill and Sam replaying to their ransom. The letter state that he Ebenezer Dorson will take RC off of their hands so they don’t have to deal with him anymore. If he sticks by his word then RC will stay away from Bill and Sam agreement. So Taking RC off their hands means not letting him go after then so he cannot run away. Another reason

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