Unfinished King Lear

Good Morning Class. Today I will be public lecture about Shakespeares wanton queer Lear, and how it successfully relates to the moderne world, family relationships and the forcefulness of love, and most pregnantly the roots of craze and blindness to reinforce the concepts of visual aspect and reality. The play King Lear examines the concept of appearance and reality. The issues of madness and blindness do powerful symbols reinforcing this central concept.The two universal themes, madness and blindness relate to our modern life because in our everyday life we go through this central dilemma and King Lear teaches us to look beyond superficial elements. For example throughout the integral entire play, King Lear was blinded by the truth as result of his foolishness in which he rejects truth, due to his stingy vanity- He speaks to Cordelia Nothing will go in of nothing and Mend your speech a little. Lest it may mar your fortunes, this suggests that if iodine does not speak, t hen ane will not reciprocally receive anything.Instead he banishes Cordelia and accepts the lies from his two elder daughters and the Gloucester family that cause the demesne and King Lear to lose all its precious values and morals. Madness was one of the most dominant themes in King Lear because throughout the play King Lear goes mad because of the betrayal from his daughters, his loss and how he ruined his fate. For example, when King Lear was told by the fool that his pride lead to a ruined kingdom, Lear was furious and devastated, he became confused and bewildered all his precious values and morals, this soon left to his d knowledge exit.As shown in Act 1 thought 5 the fool tells Lear that his making bad decisions and that listening to Regan will not be any develop than the situation with Goneril. Lear is ignorant and still ignores the wise fools opinion and once again Lear is deceived and becomes mad. However, once Lear goes mad he loses his wisdom but reality becomes clea rer to him, ironically, Lear is supposedly the wiser person in this play as he is a king with power and responsibility.Nevertheless, the fool which is believed to be childish and juvenile is the one who offers insight and comes up with the important advice. It was Lears stubbornness which didnt let in the advice because he only wanted to hear what sounded pleasant. Shakespeares work heavily emphasises the importance of historical contexts in his pieces, in particular the play King Lear where statecraft and creativity played an important role in characterising King Lear and the extraordinary use of themes and language that allowed the play to be successful.Further more(prenominal), this play has alike clearly adapted to the modern world because it relates its audience to look into their own souls and consider what its like to be a human being, whether it is easy to see through lies or be fooled by them. This is also relevant to every human being in every period and culture because as humans we only accept and take in what we want to hear. Moreover, Shakespeare uses the concept of cecity and Madness as a central theme and relates to the modern world because it gives us a ain insight into the concept of life, which is the essence of being a human being.King Lear becomes mad and struggles to maintain saneness as he is tormented by the pain endured during his life and the responsibilities held as King and as he questions his daughters betrayal of trust that suggests in human life, madness is a natural occurrence when one lacks importee in life- Ingratitude thou marble-hearted fiend, More hideous, when thou showst thee in a child than the sea-monster.This is one of the many examples where Lear is expressing his fury towards himself and his foolishness for believing the lies he blames himself for ruining his given power of being a king. An early(a) example where Lear is showing the suffering of how vulnerable and his outrage of having an unfaithful daughter is wh en he quotes How distinct than a serpents tooth it is, to have a thankless child.Appearance and Reality was a crucial element in Shakespeares play as it is constantly used throughout the whole play, whether it was family or friends. Appearance and Reality is evident in Act 1 Scene 1 when Cordelia doesnt speak false words because she doesnt find it in her heart to tell lies just to encroach upon a kingdom, however, from King Lears perspective she seems rude, unfaithful and un neat. Once King Lear banishes Cordelia, the kingdom starts to emotionally fall apart and King Lear loses all his values and morals.For instance, King Lear believes the lies that Goneril and Regan tell because he is vain and enjoys sycophancy, but as Cordelia refuses to speak of lies and tell the truth Lear gets irritated and banishes her from the castle as quoted I am unhappy that I am, I cannot hear my heave my heart into my mouth I love your majesty according to my bond, no more nor less emphasising the cont emplation she has to hereby the words of King Lear as his daughter. Another example of appearance and reality was the love triangle surrounded by Edmond, Goneril and Regan. The two evil sisters were both ttracted to Edmund because of the mutual conflict between their two families Edmunds wickedness made both sisters betray each other and in the end all that they were fighting over was worth nothing because the outcome for both sisters was death. In Shakespeares play King Lear, forcefulness of love was a significant and empowering theme as the three daughters are forced to recite their love for Lear. However, King Lear is looking for a more over exaggerated and fictitious description of how loyal and faithful Cordelia can be. Cordelia refrains herself from doing so because she isnt selfish and is honest.In the opening scene Act 1 Scene 1, in the lines Then poor Cordelia, And except not so, since I am sure my loves more ponderous than my tongue Family relationships also played a cr itical role because it showed betrayal, wickedness and Lears foolishness in rejecting Cordelias true love. However, Cordelia still remained loyal towards Lear despite all his cruelty towards her In Conclusion, King Lear has successfully related itself to the modern world by incorporating the concept of appearance and reality, family relationships, forcefulness of love and blindness and madness.