Essays about: "King lear"

Found 4 essays containing the words King lear.

  1. 1. "Not your darlings – but their mother's!" : Interpretative Difficulties with "Love" in Euripides' Medea 

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för litteraturvetenskap och retorik

    Author : Felicia Green; [2024]
    Keywords : Medea; love; Stanley Cavell; Ludwig Wittgenstein; Toril Moi; Cora Diamond; Søren Kierkegaard; ordinary language philosophy; ordinary language criticism; best case of acknowledgment; lived scepticism; the difficulty of reality; Fear and Trembling; avoidance of love; meaning; Medea; kärlek; Stanley Cavell; Ludwig Wittgenstein; Toril Moi; Cora Diamond; Søren Kierkegaard; vardagsspråkfilosofi; litteraturteori; Fruktan och bävan; levd skepticism; verklighetens svårigheter; mening;

    Abstract : The aim of this Master’s thesis is to achieve philosophical clarity on an interpretative problem I have been struggle with in Euripides’ Medea: That Medea murders her own children, while claimingto love them. Situated within the philosophical and literary tradition of ordinary language philosophy and ordinary language criticism, the thesis draws on ideas, theoretical discussions, and concepts from Ludwig Wittgenstein, Toril Moi, Stanley Cavell, Cora Diamond, and Niklas Forsberg – but also Søren Kierkegaard. READ MORE

  3. 2. Shakespeare's Language : Styles and meanings in King Lear relating to power

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Marianne Vifell Waters; [2023]
    Keywords : Early Modern English; Shakespeare; King Lear; social rank; gender; power; possession; Semantic and Pragmatic theories.;

    Abstract : This is a linguistic study that will apply theories as a way of understanding the contexts of aspects of the play King Lear by William Shakespeare, as they relate to the possession, and exercise of power. It focuses on targeting and exploring the language of the play and how it impacts characters’ behaviour to gain or sustain power. READ MORE

  4. 3. Shakespeare's King Lear: The True Nature of Cordelia

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Marianne Wabnik; [2014-03-18]
    Keywords : engelska; King Lear; Shakespeare; Cordelia; complexity; love test; gender perspective;

    Abstract : This essay explores the nature of Cordelia, the youngest daughter of King Lear in the tragedy with the same name, written by William Shakespeare. Cordelia has often been portrayed as flawless, a “Virgin Mary”, a view that I would like to challenge. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Complexity of the Major Characters in Shakespeare's King Lear

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Urban Löfgren; [2010-10-15]
    Keywords : King Lear; Shakespeare;

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