Unfinished King Lear

Good Morning Class. Today I will be talking about Shakespeargons play poof Lear, and how it successfully refers to the young public, family relationships and the long suit of warmth, and most strategicly the themes of wanness and blindness to reinforce the concepts of manner and creation. The play king Lear examines the concept of appearance and reality. The issues of alienation and blindness create powerful symbols reinforcing this central concept.The two universal themes, madness and blindness relate to our modern life beca routine in our everyday life we go through with(predicate) and through this central dilemma and King Lear teaches us to look beyond looking elements. For example throughout the whole entire play, King Lear was blinded by the lawfulness as result of his disperseishness in which he rejects truth, collect to his selfish vanity- He speaks to Cordelia Nothing will come of nothing and spot your speech a little. Lest it may mar your fortunes, this su ggests that if one does not speak, then(prenominal) one will not reciproc aloney receive anything.Instead he banishes Cordelia and accepts the lies from his two elder daughters and the Gloucester family that cause the Kingdom 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 tone ratiocinationing and how he ruined his fate. For example, when King Lear was told by the fool that his pride ternion to a ruined kingdom, Lear was furious and devastated, he became confused and lost all his precious values and morals, this soon left to his downfall.As shown in go 1 expectation 5 the fool discriminates Lear that his making bad decisions and that listening to Regan will not be any better than the situation with Goneril. Lear is vile and still ignores the wise fools opinion and once again Lear is deceived and becomes mad. Howe ver, once Lear goes mad he loses his wisdom but reality becomes clearer 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 pip-squeakish 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 except wanted to hear what sounded pleasant. Shakespeares work heavily emphasises the importance of diachronic contexts in his pieces, in particular the play King Lear where delicacy and creativeness 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 also clearly accommodate to the modern world because it relates its audience to look into their own souls and consider what its like to be a adult male organism, whether it is easy to see through lies or be foole d by them. This is also relevant to every human being in every time and culture because as creation 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 personal insight into the concept of life, which is the essence of being a human being.King Lear becomes mad and struggles to maintain sanity 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 meaning in life- ungratefulness thou marble-hearted fiend, More hideous, when thou showst thee in a nestling 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 razing his given power of being a king. Another example where Lear is show the suffering of how vulnerable and his outrage of having an unfaithful daughter is when he quotes How card sharper 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 feat 1 Scene 1 when Cordelia doesnt speak false words because she doesnt reveal it in her heart to tell lies just to overrun a kingdom, however, from King Lears perspective she seems rude, unfaithful and untrue. 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 screwingnot hear my heave my h eart into my mouth I sack out your majesty according to my bond, no more nor less emphasising the contemplation she has to herewith the words of King Lear as his daughter. Another example of appearance and reality was the love triangle between Edmond, Goneril and Regan. The two evil sisters were both(prenominal) ttracted to Edmund because of the common conflict between their two families Edmunds evil 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 faithful 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, An d yet not so, since I am sure my loves more heavy(a) than my tongue Family relationships also played a critical 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 tie in itself to the modern world by incorporating the concept of appearance and reality, family relationships, forcefulness of love and blindness and madness.