What is King Lear about? by Clare D

Jessye

clareswhere — 2013-05-02 08:45:27 UTC

'The ridiculousness of perceived

status and power: what power can

do to people...'

Rose

clareswhere — 2013-05-02 08:46:09 UTC

'The downfall of relationships between

family members because of power, and

how power can turn people bad or insane...'

Amy

clareswhere — 2013-05-02 08:46:57 UTC

'King Lear is about family relationships and inheritance,

and how disrupting the natural world so dramatically

can have disastrous consequences...'

Josie

clareswhere — 2013-05-02 08:47:56 UTC

'King Lear is about power, property and inheritance. It is the characters' striving for power and the effects of their actions which drives the play forward...'

Olivia

clareswhere — 2013-05-02 08:49:26 UTC

'King Lear is about natural justice and

self-realisation...'

Mahi

clareswhere — 2013-05-02 08:50:10 UTC

'... too much power and status

makes people weak, undeserving

and blind...'

Chikira

clareswhere — 2013-05-02 08:51:07 UTC

'Lear is about how people and money

is such a huge influence on people's lives and clouds people's

judgement/knowledge of themselves and the world...'

Katisha

clareswhere — 2013-05-02 08:52:29 UTC

'King Lear is about making the right decisions, what is natural and unnatural, and creating one's destiny.'

Aisling

clareswhere — 2013-05-02 08:53:19 UTC

King Lear is about the natural order of

the world and the vanity that comes with power.

Shakespeare shows the isolation and superficiality

of being in power, especially in terms of the people surrounding him...'