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Tragedies of William Shakespeare and Sonnets: Essay Questions And Answers
From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Shakespeare, William
Shakespeare, William
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Critic: Schuettinger, Robert
Affiliation: Earhart Fellow, Oxford University
Essay Questions And Answers
1. Discuss the religious attitudes displayed in King Lear.
Answer: King Lear takes place at a time when Britain was not yet fully
under the influence of Christianity. Most of the people in the play,
therefore, worship a set of pagan gods rather than the one God of
Judeo-Christian tradition. The attitudes in the play range from Gloucester's
superstition to Edmund's mocking disbelief in any supernatural forces.
Gloucester believes that ...
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