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Essay Galaxy - King Lear: Comedy or Tragedy?
King Lear: Comedy or Tragedy?
There has been many different views on the plays of William Shakespeare and
definitions of what kind of play they were. The two most popular would be
the comedy and the tragedy. King Lear to some people may be a comedy
because they believe that the play has been over exaggerated. Others would
say King Lear was a tragedy because there is so much suffering and chaos.
What makes a Shakespearean play a comedy or a tragedy? King Lear would be
a tragedy because it meets all the requirements of a tragedy as defined by
Andrew Cecil Bradley. Bradley states that a Shakespearean tragedy must
have to be the story of the hero and that there is exceptional suffering
and calamity slowly being worn in as well as it being contrasted to happier
times. The play also depicts the troubled parts in his life and eventually
his death that is instantaneous caused by the....
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