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A 5 page paper which examines whether
Shakespeare’s “King Lear” can offer the feminist reader anything more than restricted
pleasure in reading or viewing. Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
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would hold little interest for one who reads, or views, a feminist perspective. However, upon closer inspection we also note that the story is about King Lear and his relationships
with his daughters. Through his daughters he essentially comes to the end of his life, dying of grief. Through the daughters we are given a perspective of how women found
and used what little power they possessed in a world controlled by men. With that in mind the following paper examines how King Lears story can be one that can
be more than restricted, in terms of reading of viewing pleasure, from a feminist perspective. The paper primarily focuses on "the naturally noble Cordelia," one of King Lears daughters.1
King Lear King Lear is widely regarded as one of the most powerful tragedies that was written by Shakespeare. His tale presents us with the tragic deception and lies between
family members and the pursuit of selfish desires at the cost of the lives of others. It comes as no surprise to note that one of the most powerfully,
if not the most powerfully, tragic individual is King Lear himself. He is a man who is somewhat arrogant in his position as king, not an unheard of reality, and
a man who is looking to the future. He looks to the future through his three daughters, imagining that his favorite, the youngest, will respond as he desires. However, because
she does not coddle him and essentially suck up to him, giving him honesty instead, he dismisses her and becomes a tragic figure. He loses everything because of his ignorance.
In this simple illustration we can clearly envision that in this world of men, this patriarchal society where women essentially have no power, the primary male figure loses all because
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