King Lear William Shakespeare

Is there something in nothing? Is there nothing in nothing? Throughout The Tragedy of King Lear, written by William Shakespeare, readers hear multiple references to the word “nothing.” Although nothingness is commonly regarded as something...

The patriarchy denotes a system within society whereby men are provided with a dominant role over their female counterparts. Shakespeare composed his critically acclaimed play ‘King Lear’ in 1606, a time when society was deeply engrained within a...

In Shakespeare, followers will often surround central characters, sometimes remaining nameless, or seeming superfluous to the play’s development. However, such characters serve a more integral role than being ‘silent servants’ or providing comic...

Shakespeare’s King Lear tells the tragic story of a man attempting to test his daughters love for him by promising them land in exchange for words of flattery. Shakespeare illustrates a modern portrayal of femininity in the central character and...

As an audience, we crave comfort and reassurance that characters in the play, who we pity (ie. Lear) will not be harmed or the harming of them will be able to be prevented. Moreover as the tragedy in the play is unrelenting, Shakespeare uses...

In Shakespeare’s play King Lear, King Lear tells his daughter Cordelia that, “Nothing will come of nothing”(Shakespeare 1.1.99). This idea of nothingness plays a major role in Shakespeare’s King Lear and As You Like It. King Lear is a tragedy that...