... known for many tragedies in his writings is William Shakespeare. Two plays, which support this theory, are Macbeth and King Lear, which were both written by William Shakespeare. Deception is used in Macbeth and King Lear. In both plays characters have great urges for power. Macbeth has ambition for power and will get it by any means necessary. In order to live sometimes you ... of Gloucester. These factors play into the fact why he wants power, land and most importantly the throne. In both Macbeth and King Lear characters have evil ambitions to gain power. Edmund is jealous of Edgar and...

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... . It is possibly for this reason that King Lear is such a natural play, as apposed to Macbeth or Hamlet which would be more super-natural. The vast majority of the play is set outside, which give Shakespeare the opportunity to draw his language from the characters" surroundings, which may also explain the extensive use of "nature" and "animal" imagery throughout. Lear ... , as G. Wilson Knight suggests, "The evil of mankind is often regarded as essentially a defacing of "nature" or human nature, as human nature is moral". However, many of the "evil" characters are the ones who act, most o...

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