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    Act of King Lear uses the motifs of nature and the unnatural‚ sanity and madness‚ and “nothing” to reinforce the downward movement in Lear’s perception of his own identity. For example‚ at the beginning of the play‚ Lear expresses his awe at the serenity of a beautiful world: “With plenteous rivers‚ and wide wide-skirted meads…” (I‚ i‚ 66). As the plot moves forward‚ the motif of the unnatural becomes present and indicates the negative trend of Lear’s own identity. Specifically‚ when Lear becomes mad

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    In the war‚ Ernest was an ambulance driver. If the South had won the American Civil War‚ all Northern innovations would have been repressed and shut down. One important system of the North was the transportation of the injured on trains and eventually in large vehicles. If this system was restrained‚ it would not have been so widespread and it would not have traveled to other countries or they would have developed the system much later. Even if the two nations‚ the North and the South‚ partook in

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    The text’s “King Lear” by William Shakespeare and the short film “Missing Her” directed by Michael Weisler both support yet challenge the ideas about journey. This is done by both texts implementing similar and different ideas in the themes of journey such as family connection‚ sight and adapting to a new environment. Filial relationships portrayed by the characters in both texts unravel an inner journey that the protagonists must overcome. In King Lear‚ filial relationships are questioned. King

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    King The play King Lear and the movie King Lear both shared many similarities. They both told the story about the aging King of Britain and his fall from glory. The movie I watched was named King Lear and was directed by Trevor Nunn. The person who played King Lear was Ian McKellen. In both of these stories Lear was the King of Britain and both the movie and the play start off with him getting ready to retire and pass down his kingdom. King Lear was a powerful king and also one that

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    How The Vote Was Won written by Cicely Hamilton (formerly Hammill) and Christopher St John (born Christabel Marshall). It is an inspiring piece of suffrage theatre‚ written in 1909 by two women who were both a part of the first wave feminist movement. Hamilton‚ co-founded the WWSL (Women Writers’ Suffrage League) in 1908‚ she was also an actress and dramatist “Her first big success was Diana of Dobsons (1908)” (Paxton‚ 2013‚ p.25)‚ along side her playwriting she also wrote lyrics for the ’March of

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    [kingdom] in chaos (Bartelby.com). In Shakespeare’s tragic play‚ King Lear‚ the audience witnesses to the devastation of a great kingdom. Disorder engulfs the land once Lear transfers his power to his daughters‚ but as the great American writer‚ A.C. Bradley said‚ "The ultimate power in the tragic world is a moral order" (Shakespearean Tragedy). By examining the concept of order versus disorder in the setting‚ plot‚ and the character King Lear‚ Bradley’s idea of moral order is clearly demonstrated by the

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    U.S. History Take Home Quiz 1. Improved technology and increased demand produced fundamental change that contributed to the rise of “The factory”. Also another major contributor to the “Rise of the factory would be the market economy. The U.S developed a major manufacturing sector‚ because of that many changes came about. The south changed as well‚ particularly with cotton farming‚ thanks to textile mills.. This was such a profound thing because from all of this areas started to become isolated

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    "M/d/yyyy" �5/24/2006� THE FALL OF TWO GREAT MEN - KING LEAR AND DEATH OF A SALESMAN COMPARATIVE ESSAY In many stories‚ the role of protagonist is to endure hardship and losses but regardless‚ the resolution in these stories tends to be a happy ending. However‚ some writers such as William Shakespeare and Arthur Miller prefer more tragic endings for their protagonists. Although the protagonists enjoy a happy life in the beginning of both King Lear and Death of a Salesman‚ we quickly see their uprising

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    This relates to the play King Lear by William Shakespeare because blindness and values were themes that were seen throughout to course of this play. Ignorance and gullibility are flaws that cause people to focus on pointless things rather than the more valuable things in life. People’s flaws blind them into prioritizing unimportant things. This eventually leads to them realizing that valuing inner qualities & characteristics is more important. In the play King Lear by Shakespeare‚ King Lear’s tragic

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    by what we consume and internalize‚ and our distorted idiosyncrasies often obscure our sense of morality and the truth. In William Shakespeare’s play King Lear‚ Shakespeare plainly contrasts the complex and integral role of an unbiased perception of reality and a deliberate will to ignore one’s sense of morality and consciousness. In King Lear‚ the Earl of Gloucester‚ a powerful lord in King Lear’s court‚ is convoluted by his overwhelming paranoia and distrust‚ making him susceptible to his son Edmund’s

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