Shakespeare's King Lear and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman

Throughout the works of Shakespeare there are several relationships that develop in order to help guide the story into its conclusion. For instance, in Othello, and Taming of the Shrew, similar relationships between the male and female lead characters are displayed and emphasized to bring large meaning to each of the texts. It is these relationships between fathers and daughters, as well as husbands and wives that form to progress the plots of each play. Through these bold and sometimes fatal relationships, Shakespeare portrays a domino effect that each of the female leads put into play through their actions.

Shakespeare’s King Lear and Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus are two examples of early modern texts, one a tragedy and the other a morality play respectively, which deal with the theme of power at the crux of its narrative. Between both texts it is evident that different characters utilize their power or authority differently – some ‘unwisely’ whilst some ‘maliciously’. In either case, the use of power progresses the plays and drives the majority of main characters.

Arthur Miller is famous for many of his different play’s ranging from Death of a Salesman to The Crucible. His play’s all possess a certain type of character that relate not only to the common man but to those who are facing atrocities in society. The Crucible was a very impressive play that took place in Salem in early day America, mainly focusing on the witch trials and the early American thought. While it was heavily historically based, it was also based off of the times of current day America when the play was wrote. He basically critiqued the hysteria of Red Scare and how it affected people. He also went on to write Death of a Salesman, a play that was even more controversial due to its blunt acts. Unlike his other

Power can change people in a way that is incomprehensible either for good or for evil. Power can make one so greedy that someone will do anything for it and won’t let anyone, or thing stand in their way. Macbeth by William Shakespeare portrays both the positive and negative uses on Power through the main characters. Macbeth’s greed of power allowed him to exercise abuse and ultimately he was corrupted and destroyed by power. Lady Macbeth used power in a positive way but her ultimate goal was domination of the Crown. Shakespeare uses dialogue and symbolism to allow his readers to engage with his mood and therefore the concepts of power.

Wisdom is an absolutely valued and loved trait in our community and is associated mutually with the elderly people. In both texts, King Lear by William Shakespeare and Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom, one of the main characters in both texts, King Lear and Morrie Schwartz, were experienced to develop intelligence afterwards undergoing suffering and troubles. However, both these men began their investigations in different ways. Morrie infinitely emphasized the worth of community and comfort, meanwhile King Lear drill these as light as a feather pursuits which nothing should go wrong which would affect his ego. Morrie was disappointed unexpectedly things were in his family, meanwhile King Lear did not care to the point of queasiness for it and granted it. Morrie viewed death as far and wide natural and eventually a person to look up to in future, at the same time King Lear again wanted to reside the career of a king notwithstanding dividing his land and building between his daughters. Despite being as absolutely different in both perspective and beliefs initially, both King Lear and Morrie came to materialize true wisdom by experiencing a specific of continuance which we act with regard to as a phenomena; death.

William Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice presents a man who is undone by his own insecurities, as well as strong female characters who lead to the downfall of the men. The character of Othello allows others to control how he feels and this leads to a tragedy that could have been prevented. The source of this tragedy comes from within himself. His character is completely wrapped up in his wife Desdemona’s character and interestingly enough, as soon as her character starts to decline from the words of Iago, so does Othello’s. Unable to stand on his own, Othello is more concerned with outwardly appearances than Desdemona. He puts more pressure on her, than he does himself in regards to his character and how he

William Shakespeare once said “ Love is merely a madness”. Here, Shakespeare is suggesting that love is an experience that simply cause chaos. When people experience love it may drive them crazy not knowing what they have done because they loved the person so much that they lost their consciousness. I agree with the quote and there are many works of literature that prove that the lens is true, some of these works of literature are The Crucible by Arthur Miller and Othello by William Shakespeare.

The renowned play of Othello was written by William Shakespeare in the 17th century. The drama follows the life of Othello, a well-respected and admired Venetian general, and the lie he gets tangled up in. Othello is deceived by his “trustworthy” friend, Iago, who confidently convinces Othello that his honest wife, Desdemona, committed infidelity upon him with his honorable lieutenant, Cassio. At the start, Othello doesn’t quite believe Iago because he knew his wife would never do such a thing. Although, as the play progresses so does Othello’s trust in Iago. The audience is able to witness Othello’s mental deterioration and Iago’s personal motive for the deception. Towards the end of the tragic play Othello confronts his wife and mistakenly smothers her. Everything starts to fall into place, but not exactly the way Iago had in mind. Othello would be considered a tragic hero due to the fact that he had his entire life ahead of him, but it unfortunately falls apart because of his easy to manipulate personality, insecurities, and emotional vulnerabilities.

From middle of 20th century, the playwrights was most popular known the Death of a Salesman written by Arthur Miller. Before this event happened the United States were had a war against other countries and this one is the nightmare as well at times of struggling because the Great Depression. Story of the play - Death of a Salesman was famous that performed at theatre from New York in 1949. Arthur Miller was american writer, dramatist and poet. All of his written plays are All My Sons (1947), The Crucible (1953) and Death of a Salesman (1949) these distributed with the trouble of American because the politics, economic problems, and critical social issues. He’s known from one majority voice for the dramatic movements in America also Eugene

Throughout Othello by William Shakespeare, Othello makes numerous poor decisions due to his jealousy. Hitting Desdemona, trusting Iago, and killing Desdemona are among a few of the poor decisions that he makes. The word jealous can be defined as feeling or showing suspicion of someone's unfaithfulness in a relationship. Othello feels suspicious of Desdemona’s and Cassio’s relationship because of the lies that Iago tells him. Many people try to tell Othello the truth but he only believes the words of Iago. Even Emilia, Iago’s wife, tells Othello that Desdemona and Cassio are not having an affair and their interaction is business only, however; he does not trust her. Without Othello’s jealousy he would not have made these horrible decisions.

What is the "American Dream?" How does one define success? Many people hold different views on how to obtain true happiness. One common view is the accomplishment of something yearned. A majority of individuals desire love, compassion, and a family. On the other hand, there are those concerned with self-image, material items, and the fact that money can indeed buy true happiness. In Arthur Miller 's play DEATH OF A SALESMAN [published by Ted Buchholz (1993)]--the story of a sixty-three year old man named Willy Loman striving to achieve the "American Dream" and his family who suffer as a cause--contains many examples of trying to achieve material success. Willy 's ultimate dream concerns following in his brother Ben 's footsteps and rising to be a successful salesman. Willy Loman wanted success so badly that he lost a realistic sense of himself. He wished the same for his sons, Happy and Biff. Yet his struggle for popularity, authority, and money for success caused his downfall. Unfortunately for Willy, most of his dreams were illusions. He was unable to come face to face with this fact. Willy Loman 's definition of success warped his view of himself and that of his sons.

Supposed someone asked you to write a story about death. Would you fill it with strange and horrifying sounds and sights; gruesome acts and frightening ghosts like Macbeth? Or would you write about a seemingly normal family from the outside, where the unknown hides from behind common decisions and objects. First and foremost, Long Day Journey into night by Eugene O'neill and Macbeth by Shakespeare share a common theme with each other. The characters in both of these dramas lack communication with one another.

The mystifying yet familiar concept of fortune has been pondered over by many generations of philosophers, lovers, and street bums. Fate and fortune’s decrees go hand in hand, although fortune often dictates the extent to which one’s fate is desirable for its victim. In William Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, fortune hands Hamlet a fate that is gut-wrenching. He is given the task to avenge the murder of his father, the King of Denmark, who was killed by his own brother, Claudius, for the throne. Faced with a clear destiny, Hamlet must find a way to fulfil his task of revenge, while attempting to understand his role and identity in the overwhelming situation. Hamlet’s temptations of asserting himself when fortune faces him with a decided fate leads

Fate is inevitable, if one chooses to believe in it; however, karma may have a role in what people see as only fate. Karma, being that you receive energy that you put out, whether it be good or bad, affects your fate, or what people are destined to face in their lifetime. In the scenarios mentioned later, it is undoubtedly true that an individual’s personality will coincide with karma-related turn of events. With that being said, Shakespeare’s tragic plays involve death and deceit, and it is easy to question if the deaths are deserved because of the existence of karma and fate. In his plays, Shakespeare conceptualizes fate as something negative, particularly fate equating to ultimate death. In his work, Shakespeare uses variations of reasons for the death among his characters, which is usually dependent upon their personalities and actions they’ve taken. Between Titus Andronicus and Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare utilizes personality traits to illustrate fate through tragedies.

King Lear is frequently regarded as one of Shakespeare’s masterpieces, and its tragic scope touches almost all facets of the human condition: from the familial tensions between parents and children to the immoral desires of power, from the follies of pride to the false projections of glory. However, one theme rings true throughout the play, and that very theme is boundless suffering, accentuated by the gruesome depictions of suffering our protagonists experience . There is no natural (nor “poetic”) justice depicted in this pre-Judeo-Christian world Shakespeare presents, as the relatively virtuous individuals (Kent, Gloucester, and Cordelia) in this