Throughout the plays "King Lear" and "W;t" the main characters are subjected to experiences that force them to psychologically change. ... "Well, she hasn't exactly been a cupcake here, either," Susie says in response to Jason's comment about why Vivian was hated by many of her students (Edson 75). ... I wanted her to come and see me so I had to create a little emergency." ... "I don't know. ... Lear illustrates this in the lines " Come, let's away to prison: we two alone will sing like birds i" th" cage: When thou dost ask me blessing, I"ll kneel down And ask of t...

• Word Count: 1470
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

And yet, it is difficult to see why we should regard "King Lear" as a tragedy for the King is basically a pathetic old man, vain and foolish, rash in his judgment and incapable of controlling his emotions. ... Ultimately, this kind of reading threatens to reduce King Lear to a form of melodrama, a story of the straightforward conflict of clearly identifiable and separable forces of good and evil, in which the outcome is tragic only in the sense of being disastrous for the main characters. ... Eliot: "I said the king was an incredibly foolish old man, which God knows he was; and that if he'...

• Word Count: 8939
• Approx Pages: 36
• Grade Level: High School

Their main curiosity over the summer months is the Radley house, in particular one of its strange occupants, Arthur Boo' Radley, who never comes out of the run-down house at the end of their street. ... This voice dominates the main plot, which forces the reader to make adult deductions and understandings, which clearly Scout would not formulate. ... Walter Cunningham, a boy from a very poor family has no lunch, so the teacher offers to buy one for him, but he refuses, as he knows his family will not be able to repay her. ... Atticus has been Scout's main teacher and he has alw...

• Word Count: 10075
• Approx Pages: 40
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School