Ian Holm

Goneril’s true colors become apparent to Lear after he moves into her home. The behavior of both Lear and his entourage spark Goneril’s anger. She voices her opinions and decides to demand her father downsize his entourage. She says, “The shame itself doth speak / For instant remedy the remainders that shall still depend / to be such men as may besort your age, / Which know themselves, and you” (Act 1, scene 4, lines 240-246). She reverses the roles between herself and Lear as she shames him; traditionally

The text’s “King Lear” by William Shakespeare and the short film “Missing Her” directed by Michael Weisler both support yet challenge the ideas about journey. This is done by both texts implementing similar and different ideas in the themes of journey such as family connection, sight and adapting to a new environment. Filial relationships portrayed by the characters in both texts unravel an inner journey that the protagonists must overcome. In King Lear, filial relationships are questioned. King

In Act III scene 7 of Shakespeare’s King Lear, Gloucester returns to his castle after secretly guiding Lear to safety. Gloucester hoped to avoid any confrontation by Cornwall and Regan, but his son Edmund, betrayed him and revealed the information. When Gloucester finds Regan and Cornwall, they accuse him of being a traitor. They are both enraged that he has disobeyed their orders by helping Lear who was just kicked out during a terrible storm. After some interrogation by Regan, Gloucester justifies

Determining the sanity and insanity of an individual can be extremely hard, especially when you do not know much about the person. In Shakespeare’s King Lear there are many character who seem like they are going mad, and an example of such a character is King Lear. King Lear succumbs to anger, rash decisions, and grief driving him to insanity, thus leading to the destruction of the kingdom. King Lear is a character who displays a great deal of anger throughout the course of the play, he often

In King Lear by William Shakespeare, betrayal plays an important role throughout this story. The foreshadow to heartbreaks and other awful leading events begin with one of the many motifs/themes to this story, betrayal. In the beginning of the story, as Lear conducts his love test Goneril and Regan kiss the bottoms of their father’s feet in order to gain their desire power. However, when Cordelia does not follow with her sister’s praise Lear feels betrayed and embarrassed by her. He decides to get

Goneril feels extreme jealousy towards her sister Regan because of the relationship she has formed with Edmund, a man Goneril is also in love with. “Oh, the difference of man and man! To thee a woman’s services are due. My fool usurps my body. (4.2 In this quote we see Gonerils strong feelings for Edmund, Gloucesters illegitimate son. Although Goneril is currently married to her husband Albany, she cannot help but fall in love with Edmund. She feels as though Edmund is manly in comparison to

In the very first scene of the play the idea of one having control over one's own fate is put into play through the contradictory actions of Cordelia's to those of Goneril and Regans. In Act 1 scene 1 of the play King Lear has decided to give control of his kingdom to his daughters with each daughter receiving a third of the kingdom. The kings only catch being that each of his daughters has to profess their love for him in order to receive their share of the kingdom. Lears two eldest daughters

The Importance of Family Family is what defines one's character and identity. Shakespeare's tragic play, King Lear, presents a ruling family and how its members' relationships affect one another. The crumbling relationship between King Lear and his daughters exemplifies his struggle to maintain his role in his family and his identity within the state. Lear explains that human nature is marked by a desire for more than just the necessities one already has. Lear needs more than the

In the play King Lear, by William Shakespeare, the playwright shows that when individuals, who lack self esteem and have insecurities, they often lose foresight, driving them to make irrational decisions, resulting in their mental breakdown. In the classic play, expressions are inverted in King Lear, manufacturing a circumstance in which those with good sight, don't have any knowledge of what is going on around them. In the beginning of the play, we viewed that King Lear, makes a very wrong decision

Goneril feels jealousy towards her youngest sister Cordelia due to her strong relationship with King Lear, something Goneril never had with Lear. Goneril feels as though her father has reprimanded her all of her life and could never accept her. “You see how full of changes his age is; the observation we have made of it hath (not) been little. He always loved our sister most, and with what poor judgment he hath now cast her off appears too grossly.” (1.1.290-293) In this quote Goneril addresses the