... scene out of all Shakespeare's tragedies that should not be performed onstage, because the stage takes away from the sheer emotion that the audience imagines while reading the text. " The Lear of Shakespeare cannot be acted. . .we see nothing but corporal infirmities and weakness, the impotence of rage; while we read it, we see not Lear, but we are Lear;--we are in his mind. . ." 10 With a pathos ... he is easily deceived by his two other daughters, which blinded him from the truth. It is this mistake that drives (37) him to madness and ultimately to his downfall. In the end Lear suffer...

• Word Count: 1783
• Approx Pages: 7
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• Grade Level: High School