king lear and the tempest by william shakespeare

This study investigates the suffocation of motherhood in the three major Plays of William Shakespeare which are The Tempest, Romeo and Juliet, and King Lear by using the feminist theories of Janet Adelman, Luce Irigaray, and Merry Rose Beth. Motherhood, Feminism, Patriarchy, Gender Inequality, Suffocation Abstract Albany surrenders to Kent and Edgar.Department of English Literature, University of Balochistan, Quetta Pakistan Lear kills the man hanging Cordelia, but not in time, and he dies from grief. Edmund kills himself shortly after finding out that Goneril poisoned Regan and then stabbed herself. He reveals himself after the fight and tells everyone that his father is dead. Albany challenges Edmund to fight, and Edgar fights him, disguised behind armor. Edmund captures King Lear and Cordelia, and orders Cordelia to be killed in her cell. King Lear is nursed back to health by Cordelia. Goneril and Edmund begin an affair, but Goneril worries that now that Regan’s husband Cornwall is dead, she will try to go after Edmund. Gloucester is arrested by Cornwall’s men, and Cornwall gouges his eyes out. Gloucester finds Lear, Kent, and Edgar disguised as a beggar named Tom, and smuggles them into Dover. Edmund betrays his father to the sisters. The King of France declares war against England, and Gloucester rides out to find King Lear. King Lear gallops off into the stormy night in rage and grief. Goneril and Regan solidify their alliance by demanding that the king get rid of all of his knights. Edmund stages a fake fight with Edgar and convinces his father that Edgar wants to kill the earl. Goneril and Regan mistreat their father while Kent returns in disguise to keep an eye on the king. Meanwhile, Edmund, the illegitimate son of Gloucester, is plotting to turn his father against his legitimate son Edgar, so that he can inherit Gloucester’s properties. Lear also banishes the Earl of Kent for defending Cordelia. The king disinherits her and sends her off to be married to the King of France.

His two oldest daughters, Goneril and Regan, flatter him with empty words, but his youngest daughter Cordelia refuses to participate in the charade, insisting that she believes in deeds over speech. He demands that each of his three daughters tell him how much she loves him so that he can divide up his inheritance to them. King Lear is wavering in his old age, and wishes to give up his throne so that he can retire.

King lear and the tempest by william shakespeare