... punish by their personal sins. The parallel structure continues throughout the play as Lear reconcile with Cordelier and Gloucester with Edgar. The blindness is the main factor that leads to the tragedy in the play because of the blindness itself that is a root for all the false decisions. Firstly, Lear's blindness is the main issue of all the disaster in the play because he is the blindest among all the characters. Due to his pride ... ; and "for we have no such daughter, nor shall we ever see that face of hers again". Therefore be gone without our grace, our love, our benison." Likewis...

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... as men can breathe or eyes can see" (ll. 13). On the surface, the poem is simply a statement of praise about the beauty of Shakespeare's love. However, a conflict arises due to the fact that summer is sometimes becomes unpleasant with extremes of wind and heat. This conflict is resolved throughout the sonnet by Shakespeare's mentioning that the beloved is always mild and temperate by her nature and nothing ... imagery, Helena asserts that real love has little to do with the eyes: "Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, / And therefore is winged Cupid blind" (1.1 ll. 234-5). Th...

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