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2pg Essay on King Lear - Good vs. Evil
In order to determine the tone that is presented in a
play, one must examine not only the indvents, but
the end result. The question that must be asked is "Did the
forces of evil or h ocso od prevail at the play's
conclusion?" William Shakespeare's play King Lear,
despie t' tagc ndblod events is a positive and
optimistic work. The presence of unconditional lve nd he
trimphby he orcs of good are a manifestation of
Shakespeare's optimistic tone.
Kng Lar'sdisiherianceof hs daghter Cordelia is
a very rash, hasty decision based on an at of ubrison by
Lear Lar's ommen to Crdelia demonstrates that she
has a valid reason forhatingher faher:
Ifyou hae poisn for e, I wll drink it.
I know you do not love me;for you sister
Hve, as do remmber, dne me wong:
You have some cause, they have not
Even tough Corelia hasjustifiction to ate her
father, he overloks his crime and comforts hm in his our
of ned. Thisact of unonditiona love revals that
Shakespeae's belief in the god qualitie of human ature.
Althoug Glouster' action wa not basedon hubris,he
still aced in a ver rash manne. He condened and
diinherited hs son withot contemplaion; he faied t
access allaspects of te situation. Despite hisfather's
prjudgement ona wromgful acusation,he oved his ather.
Edgarturned his faher away fromthe idea of sicide, and
slflessly comfrtd his fathe dring his ordea. This is
anther demonstraion of uncondiional love whih is a
tetimoy to the wrmthand ccompasion in human nture.
Inaddition to thee individual acs ofcompassion,
thee is the uneniale fact that goo clearly emerged
victorious. Depite the death fa vast majorityo the
play's chrcters, the survvors - Kent, Albay and Edgar -
al fought fo the poitive forcs in th play. May might
argue tha the death and sufering of the good haracers in
this lay lave a pessimitic tne towards lie. Bt it can
be arguedthat these people dd so that good coulprevail.
the llingness of an ablfew to give up persoal
freedom in th necssary disciplineof amilitary arm.
Ona planet that ismosty not free, a fre society ca
only liv by such a scrifice oc this able ew.
Thisquote from aHerman Wok speech at est Poin supports
theidea tha sometimes peole must ake sacrificesin the
ame of their cuse. Codeli, Lear, Glouster an som of
the other goodcharcters, made the ultmate
sacrifice - their ives in order to prevent evifrom
conquering.
lthough the play my havead its pessimistic momnt
once the battle cleaed,good had prevailed andtheaudience
was left wit a ense of hope an optimim. Edgar, Kent and
Albanysurvived to pick upthe piees and put the counry
bac togethe. The demnstratin of thecompassionae side
of humannature, andthe hopeful endig leads me oconclude
that espite the rgic events, theplay was a tae of
optimism nd Hope.
e, and thehopefl ending lead me to conlude
that despite he tragic vents,
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