Shakespears vision of the world in King Lear was essentially pessimistic
“Shakespears vision of the world in King Lear was not essentially pessimistic. Heroes of romances survive. Heroes of tragedies die”. The Shaskespearean critic Kenneth Muir once said this of King Lear, and I have to say, it’s hard not to agree with him. King Lear can be looked at as a tragedy, taking the death … Read more