The Egyptian was determined that the divine bloodline of Horus6 should remain pure in the royal house. ... Mark Antony has not learned the lesson from tragic death of Julius Caesar , the last Republican ruler, who tried to marry the Egyptian Queen as he was in love with her and did great favour to her by restoring her to throne. But he could not marry her as this was forbidden by Roman Law. ... Shakespeare has little to do with her Greek inheritance as she is presented as Egyptian beauty who moves the Roman Empire through immeasurable beauty. ... She ploughed her and she cropped". ...

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As King he should not divided the kingdom because it is his responsible that he should rule it until the end of his life. ... Even more truthfully, she says "Why have my sisters husbands, if they say they love you all? ... Sure, I shall never marry like my sisters". It implied even more straightforward and also show that she know how wickedness her sisters are which Lear could not distinguish the good and bad from his mental blindness due to his pride. ... I tax you not, you elements, with unkindness". ...

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If words don't hurt then why do they cause intensive pain? ... Nancy Paxton closes by saying that Tamora targets Lavinia as a means to Titus's end "Since she cannot strike directly at the men who oppress her, Tamora chooses to revenge herself on Lavinia." ... Lavinia knows the physical danger she is in, and because Tamora has declined compassion, Lavinia begs to be saved the shame of her presence as a raped woman, a disappointment to her family and society. ... Cordelia, like Lavinia, is treated as a something that can be exchanged, who's worth changes according to her value to ...

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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. ... But if that is the case, then Lear cannot be in a tragic situation as Hegel defines it, that is, he is not caught in the clash of two legitimate principles, a situation from which there is no simple escape, no matter how much he learns. ... Eliot: "I said the king was an incredibly foolish old man, which God knows he was; and that if he'd been my father I would have run away from ho...

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