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    2010 King Lear Mini – Essay The relationship between Cordelia and Lear‚ and the relationship between Edgar and Gloucester have many similarities which we can see through out the play. In both relationships‚ both fathers feel betrayed although this is untrue as they have only received support from their “disloyal” children. Another similarity is the fact that both fathers betray their actual loyal children‚ but both Cordelia and Edgar stay devoted and loyal to their parents‚ even if it is not

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    by far the most critical component of society in the King Lear universe. Mercy is only valid on individual basis‚ when the assailant actually learns from their mistakes. If we think that by forgiving constantly that the perpetrator will stop committing crimes‚ then we are sadly mistaken. Criminals in Shakespeare’s King Lear must be punished justifiably‚ for their evil behavior. Only justice and great power can attempt to restore the order of King Lear’s kingdom ruined by the dictatorship of Goneril

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    “There’s the sulphurous pit:” Female Sexuality in King Lear King Lear takes a very negative view of feminine sexuality from the first scene. In line 15 of scene 1 when Gloucester asks Kent “Do you smell a fault?” (Shakespeare‚ 1110)‚ the editor’s notes indicate that “fault” can refer to either wrongdoing or female genitals. Indeed the speech between them is rife with misogyny. Gloucester goes on to say that there was “good sport‚” at Edmund’s conception‚ and goes on to call him a “whoreson

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    The play King Lear displays betrayal‚ deceit and . These three components are all familiar in classic Shakespearean tragedies. King Lear features betrayal by various characters in the play. These characters devastate and‚ in some instances‚ end the lives of other characters in the play. However‚ the characters that betray and deceive are eventually destroyed by their many lies and evil actions. With their self-devastation‚ a sort of divine justice is served. Divine justice is served when the wrong

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    King Lear‚ when read from a Marxist perspective‚ blames everything on the conflict of classes. In particular‚ there is a focus on the traditional feudalism versus the "new" capitalism. Lear is viewed as a hero because he manages to journey from being a mentally impoverished king to a simple man‚ while Cordelia is the heroine. The villains of this story are not clear-cut‚ crude villains but complex villains with more logic and commonsense the conventionalists. The Marxist reading even attempts to

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    performances. The film’s opening images are of an old‚ gray-haired woman that is performing a rock song by the Clash‚ “Should I Stay or Should I Go?” It creates an impression of senior citizens that are behaving badly. But as the film continues on‚ it reveals more about some of the group’s individual members; their old‚ interesting journeys of how they became members of the chorus. The Young at Heart Chorus is made up of a group of retirees with an average age of eighty years. The group is led by their

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    A STUDY OF OLD AGE HOMES IN THE CARE OF THE ELDERLY IN GUJARAT Project Report prepared by N.P. Das Urvi Shah Population Research Centre Department of Statistics Faculty of Science M.S. University of Baroda Baroda-390 002 December 2004 PROJECT TEAM |Dr. N.P. Das‚ Ph.D.‚ D.P.S. | |Director

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    Technology-integration in Old Age Homes in India A Status Paper Sugan Bhatia‚ Ph.D. President Indian University Association for Continuing Education Delhi 1.1 The elderly (aged 60 years and above) in India account for more than 9 percent of the total population. The National Population Commission estimated that the population of the elderly is expected to grow from 71 million in 2001 to 173 million in 2026. This demographic scenario appears to indicate a very precarious condition for the older persons

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    Scale (FES) devised by Moos and Moos‚ 1986. The participants used in the study were all single elderly males aged 65 years and above (N=30). Fifteen were living at home with their children and their families‚ and the other fifteen were living in old age homes. The data obtained was subjected to descriptive analysis and t obtained was found significant at .01 levels for three dimensions – Expressiveness (2.87)‚ Independence (2.25) and Control (2.70). Non-institutionalized males were found to be more

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    Growing old gracefully in a challenging world is an achievement for older people. In view of the fact that past experiences can affect the present life of an individual‚ whether‚ it is a pleasant or unpleasant event‚ as long as‚ the older adult can cope‚ adapt‚ and also reflect the lessons learned in the past towards achieving integrity. The old adult stage is where the richness of the experiences‚ that can be extracted into themes in order to understand the process of aging. This study can be

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