William Shakespeare Essays

William Shakespeare Essays William Shakespeare Essay William Shakespeare Essay In the play, King Lear by William Shakespeare, King Learns character, actions and loss and regain of identity is reflected through his three daughters, General, Reagan and Cornelia. Both Reagan and General show material love. Goner mirrors Learns brutal, harsh side and beginning of his loss of identity. In the play, General will only accept a situation only if in her full command. This can be shown when, General tells that his solders are disordered, so debauched and bold, that the court, infected with their manners/Shows like a riotous inn (1. . 256) eventually asking him to lessen the amount of knights. Goner wants to gain control over Lear, by reducing his knights, but Lear does not want to because he believes he still has control, stating his knights as men of choice and rarest parts. Similar to Generals actions, Lear will only accept situation if in his full command. In Act 1 Scene 1, Lear asks all his daughters to flatter him, however he was rejected by Cornelia, eventually resulting in Cordilleras encashment and discontent. Goner, not only reflects Learns actions against Cornelia, she also reflects Learns loss of power and identity. When she asks Lear to lessen his amount, it is clear that General will gain full control over Lear, eventually causing Lear to question who he truly Is. As Lear begins to lose his identity, he can see his reflection of brutality and harshness through his daughters, when they begin to overpower him. And regain of Identity Is reflected through his three daughters, This biography seeks to highlight the various aspects of this great man’s life. Part of Shakespeare’s charm is probably the enigma attached to his personality. Even though his fame was noteworthy, many aspects of his life are under a cloud. There are basically two sources of information about his life- one of them is obviously his literature and the other are the various legal and Church documents that have been discovered. Shakespeare’s father John Shakespeare was an apprentice glover and tanner of leather and had migrated to Stratford from Snitterfield before 1532. He married Mary Arden, a landed local heiress, probably between 1556 to 1558. William Shakespeare was born to Mary and John Shakespeare probably on April 23, 1564 as he is known to have been baptized at the Holy Trinity Church at Stratford on April 25, 1564. However, his actual birth date is not known with certainty. He was the third child of the eight children that John and Mary sired, three of whom died in early childhood. No concrete records exist about Shakespeare’s childhood and education and the little knowledge that we have is based on conjecture. His father, John Shakespeare, held important official positions as alderman and high bailiff during William’s childhood and this lends support to the fact that William attended a free grammar school (in Stratford) which had a sterling reputation. In Shakespeare’s first biography (written in 1709, infamous for its inaccuracy), biographer Nicholas Rowe also agrees with the above fact. Of course, Shakespeare’s knowledge of Latin and Classical Greek as well as the high quality of his works points to the fact that he had a strong foundation in education at least at the school level. It is, however, known with certainty that Shakespeare did not attend university. On November 28, 1582, Shakespeare married a pregnant orphan called Anne Hathaway (from recordings in the Episcopal register at Worcester). There is a large amount of controversial data regarding this marriage and it is not known certainly whether Shakespeare married the woman he loved or not. However, it is known with certainty that Anne and William Shakespeare had three children – Susanne and the twins Hamnet and Judith.