Essay on A Monologue by Cordelia of King Lear

The poem "On Sitting Down to Read King Lear Once Again" by John Keats is a sonnet about Keats' relationship with the drama that became his idea of tragic perfection, and how it relates to his own struggle with the issues of short life and premature death. Keats uses the occasion of the rereading this play to explore his seduction by it and its influence on himself and his ways of looking at himself and his situation in spite of his negative capability.

Though King Lear, of Shakespeare's play, King Lear, wrongs both Cordelia and Kent in his harsh treatment against them, the unjust actions of Regan and Goneril against King Lear cause him to be "a man more sinned against than sinning" (3.2.60-61).

This cruel rivalry between both families have lead to death, the death of my beloved daughter. I have gone through the horror of seeing my daughter stabbed over her love and yet you still bring me up here and accuse me with such a treacherous crime. I am not guilty….

My father is some who has sacrificed a lot of his lifetime. My father has never let an opportunity go and has never allowed any time to go to waste when it came to his own prosperity or his children’s. The fact is he didn’t attend my races or even be part of special occasions, but he always made it up to me by using financial resources to support me and my interests. He always use to give me money before my big races so if I ever got hungry, I would have something to eat. Moreover, even though he works everyday he takes time out to spend quality time with my brothers and I from his busy schedule. Instead of siting o

Usually in society parents are to be blamed for failing to raise their children in the right way. It is very easy for the society to criticize parents when they mistreat their child or not take care of his/her needs and wants. It is easy for a parent to get judged in society comparing to a child because parents are role models for children’s. Even when a child has been mistreated by her/his parent, it is easy for the child to forgive their parents. The reason behind that situation would be a parent’s unconditional love that a child sees, despite what he/she has been through. In the book The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, she portraits a situation like that where the character spends her childhood memories with her father. Even though Jeannette’s father Rex Walls was an irresponsible father and failed to protect his children, Jeannette still loved her father dearly.

A father-child relationship can be a good thing for some people, and problematic for others. There are different types of fathers. There are fathers who are always around their children, who give unconditional love and guidance. Then there are hard-to-please fathers who drain their children with extremely high expectations, leading to a strained relationship. Moreover, there are fathers who cannot handle the responsibilities that come with fatherhood, this type of fathers walk out on the family when the situation gets tough. Many people see their fathers in one way as a child and grow to see them in a whole different light as adults. The richness and complexity of the child and father relationship are the reason many poets write about fatherhood and fathers.

The narrator and his father have the kind of relationship where on the surface it might come off as cold because they’re reserved and don’t openly share thoughts and emotions but, underneath it all, the narrator must feel some respect for his father because he still contemplates over the advice his father gave him.

Throughout time, fathers and daughters have had special relationships. Some, the best relationship a girl could ever hope for. For others, the relationship is not so great. Sylvia Plath and Lucille Clifton wrote poems describing the darker side of a father-daughter relationship. Their poems demonstrate them in different ways. The poets of “Forgiving my Father” and “Daddy” demonstrate the theme, unresolved anger leads to lifelong bitterness, because both narrators hate their fathers for lying, blame their fathers for ruining their lives, and, finally, learning to cut their fathers out of their lives.

The boy has succeeded in unintentionally sharing this rarity with his father. For when it comes to helping others the boy always wants to “give (them) something to eat” (163). Despite themselves suffering from starvation, the father follows the boy’s wishes. He sacrifices his own needs to make his son happy. Love is the emotion that gives the father hope. While on his deathbed, the father refutes the son’s wishes to die together. He knows how easy it would be to selfishly pull the trigger and save his son from the terrors that haunt the earth. However, he knows that there is always a chance of life, a chance of happiness, and chance of luck. Thus, directing his son that he “cant go with (him). (He) needs to keep going” (278), for it would be inhumane to seize the opportunity from his son. Due to the love for his son, the father is able to walk in the light of his ethics while everyone else falls into the shadows. However, at times the light doesn't seem so bright when one is constantly questioning the higher power who is supposed to be the one illuminating the luminescence.

Father spoke to his daughter in a way where he could tell them terrifying news but he would wisely say his saying and tell them to live normally. After Tante Jane had passed away father told Corrie a powerful quote that helped Corrie get through that somber time he had said to her ‘’’Do you know what hurts so much love. Love is the strongest it’s the strongest force in the world and when it is blocked that means pain. There are two things we can do when this happens there are two things we can do we can kill that love so that it stops hurting. But then part of course part of us dies, too or we can ask God to open another route for that love to travel’’’(pg46). Father knew that Corrie could have gone done a different path so he used the wisdom, that God had blessed him with to show her the right path.

   King Lear meets all the requirements of a tragedy as defined by Andrew Cecil Bradley.  Bradley states that a Shakespearean tragedy has to be the story of the hero and there is exceptional suffering and calamity slowly being worn in.  Also, the current time must be contrasted to happier times.  The play also depicts the troubled parts in the hero’s life and eventually he dies instantaneously because of the suffering and calamity.  There is the feeling of fear in the play as well, that makes men see how blind they are not knowing when fortune or something else would be on them.  The hero must be of a high status on the chain and the hero must also possess a tragic flaw that initiates the tragedy.

My father did an amazing thing for this town and all you people can do is be judge mental and disrespectful for me. I hear all the whispers around this place. I am writing this so you guys know the real story. I did not pay the taxes because I could not afford them. However, I felt the money my father gave to this town was more than enough to pay for his taxes and mine. I believed my father was a good man, but he did not know when he crossed his boundaries. He drove every man I brought home. After several times I brought possible suitors, I realized that my father did not think any man was not good enough for me, he was afraid of being alone. So I decided to stay with my father until he died. When my father died, I

old prince believing him to be of not much use and will have not much

The opportunity to view both productions of King Lear has appeared twice for me in the past two years. The first time I viewed Trevor Nunn’s 2009 production of King Lear my review would have been based solely on my ability to understand the dialogue and my appreciation of the acting of Ian McKellen. Two years later I have a better understanding of the actual play and while I still enjoy the 2009 production the 1982 production directed by Jonathan Miller presents the words of William Shakespeare in a more accurate and period specific manor.

     The play, “King Lear” by William Shakespeare, starts with noblemen Kent and Gloucester having a conversation and the audience finds out that Gloucester has two sons. Edgar who is his heir, and Edmund his unimportant son. This info. leads to the mini-plot. Then, Lear enters to say that he is going to end his life’s tasks and problems. He then points to the map, he tells the people there that he will split his land into three parts. They are going to be given to his three daughters. The two oldest, Goneril and Regan, tell their father that their love for him goes beyond expectations. The youngest one, Cordelia, tells him that she loves him, but only as she should love her father. He is then