... play. It came at a time of social instability, the changing over of government and reign of a new king- James I. It reflects and is a product of the main anxieties of the period; a divided and unstable kingdom and the growth of individualism over feudalism, and the illegitimacy of the bastard child and the state of the family. These conflicts are the main subjects of the play and all contribute to create a world in which old ... reconcile Shakespeare's King Lear to contemporary issues and to prove tragedy a socially didactic genre. The madness of Bond's Lear is the awakening to the fact ...

• Word Count: 2342
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School