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Madness In King Lear
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In Shakespeare's play King Lear, Shakespeare introduces many themes. The most important theme shown in King Lear is the theme of madness. During the course of this play madness is shown in the tragic hero, King Lear. King Lear develops madness right in the beginning of the play but he actually ....
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.... In one of his speeches, King Lear makes comments about a mouse and a bird that are not present. "..Look look, a mouse! Peace, peace; this piece of toasted cheese will do it…O, well flown, bird!" [iv, vi, 88-91]. This statement was the first sign of him being mad. At the beginning of Act 4, it was just mentioned that King Lear was gone mad, this was the first sign of proof that he was indeed mad.
Although King Lear shows signs of being mad, he also shows signs of being sane. This is.... |
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