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This is a 3 page paper that provides an overview of the universal relevance of King Lear. Themes of suffering are explored in depth. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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of the world, universally speaking, rather than applicable only to one time or place. The suffering and tragedy that the characters in "King Lear" experience are the same type of
suffering and tragedy that contemporary people experience every day. For this reason, I was able to directly relate to the narrative of "King Lear", despite its plot dealing with knights
and kings rather than "everyday people" like myself. In particular, I was impressed with Shakespeares handling of the theme of inevitable human suffering. This paragraph helps the student begin to
introduce the theme of suffering. The theme of suffering is introduced early in "King Lear", but to the credit of Shakespeare, it is not situated in a context that is
applicable only to ancient royalty. Rather, when Lear first begins to suffer, it is not simply because his plan to divide his kingdom among his daughters is not going to
work out politically, but simply rather that, even after all he has attained in terms of earthly, material power, he still feels a huge divide between himself and other people,
spiritually speaking: "Doth any here know me?" (I, iv, 227). This reflects the reality of human affairs that peoples attempts to attain power, reputation, and prestige are largely artifice; when
such people are actually seeking is human understanding. Unfortunately for the characters in the play, none of them are able to achieve this, and Lear never does feel accepted and
understood by his children, despite his considerable material gifts to them. This focus on suffering certainly makes the narrative rather "sad", but what ultimately elevates the play to the
level of grand tragedy is how Shakespeare relates this pursuit of understanding through the acquisition of power to the perpetuation of itself; he posits the idea that humanitys efforts to
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