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William lear named his daughter chanda get it which of these did lear not accomplish?
First to fly around the world non-stop in his own plane
Did Martin Luther King Jr write all of his own speeches?
yes he was a minster
How do Goneril and Regan assert power over their father in King Lear?
Lear has placed control over the wealth of the kingdom in the hands of his daughters and their husbands with the provision that they should provide for him and a hundred knights (servants), and allow them to live in their houses. Goneril instructs her servant Oswald to acknowledge her as his boss, and therefore to show that she is superior to her father. She complains about the behaviour of Lear's knights, again asserting that she is entitled to govern them. Regan and Cornwall order that Lear's servant Kent be put in the stocks. Their first attack is on the servants Lear commands, eroding his authority. Eventually they all abandon him except Kent and the Fool. By removing the people who acknowledge Lear's authority they enable themselves to assert their own power.
What is the Fool's purpose in King Lear?
He is used to show lears true feelings and higlight lears foolishness he is a significant character and is the only character in the play who can get away with talking to lear in the way in which he does. The fool acts as a commentator on events and is one of the only characters who is fearless in speaking the truth. His 'mental eye' is the most acute in the beginning of the play. He sees Lear's daughters for what they are and has foresight to see what Lears decisions will prove disastrous. Arguably, he could be seen as taking on the role of a wife for Lear; the absence of a mother from the main narrative, as well as the Fool's ability to be honest and accepted by the king suggests that he is taking on this role. This would then be a very interesting point on women.
Why in King Lear does Gloucester say that Regan and Cornwall had kicked him out of his own house when it doesn't seem to have happened?
You are thinking of the following speech by Gloucester:"Alack, alack, Edmund, I like not this unnatural dealing! When I desir'd their leave that I might pity him, they took from me the use of mine own house, charg'd me on pain of perpetual displeasure neither to speak of him, entreat for him, nor any way sustain him."What Gloucester says is "they took from me the use of mine own house". That is, they would not allow him to use his house the way he wanted, not that they forbade him from staying there. What Gloucester wanted was to "pity" King Lear, by allowing him to stay in Gloucester's castle. Regan and Cornwall would not allow Gloucester to do so. Imagine your house guests telling you who you could or could not invite into your own house! This is pretty high handed of Regan and Cornwall but does not amount to "kicking him out."
Was William Shakespeare a famous poet?
Yes, he is was a respected and relatively famous poet in his own time and his reputation has grown since his death. He was also a famous Play-write. He wrote the the plays Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet and King Lear to name a few.
Where was cordelia banished to?
Cordelia is not actually banished. Her punishment is that he doesn't give her the rightful dowry which is the third of the kingdom. She leaves on her own accord. Lear tells her to get out of his sight, which plays into the theme of vision and blindness. She leaves under her own accord with the King of France.
What would be a good present for Shakespeare?
A good present for shakespeare would be a do-over in life, because many of his later plays, such as King Lear, reflect a flawed father daughter relationship implying his own relationships with his family was not what he wished it to be.
What kings and queens did Shakespeare write for?
None. Shakespeare was not hired by royalty to write. He was hired by his playing company to write. Even when the king was the patron of the company, he did not involve himself in the running of it. As an actor Shakespeare performed many times before Queen Elizabeth and King James, often in his own plays, but he did not write the plays for these occasions. He wrote them for the public theatres.
Did Queen Elizabeth I write her own plays?
As far as is known, Elizabeth I did not write any plays.
What was the inspiration to Shakespeare to write King Lear?
If you mean "where did he get his ideas?" he got them from older plays he had seen (Hamlet, King Lear, Taming of the Shrew), and books he had read, especially Holinshed's Chronicles (the history plays) and Plutarch's lives (the Roman plays).
What caused Edward Lear to write the Owl and the Pussycat?
Edward Lear wrote "The Owl and The Pussycat" for the three year old daughter of a friend, little Janet Symonds. She was ill at Christmas, and Mr. Lear wrote the poem to cheer her up. The Pussycat is based on his own beloved cat, Old Foss.
Did king write his own speeches?
Yes he did, who else?
Did William shakespeare write his own plays and poems?
Yes.
Why was Cordelia disowned?
King Lear invited his daughters (in the very first scene of the play) to tell him how much they loved him. His elder daughters obligingly flatter him, but Cordelia, the youngest, cannot bring herself to give him the dishonest, flattering answer he wants to hear. Instead, she gives a straight and honest answer. Lear becomes angry that she will not co-operate in his little game of wallowing in insincere praise, so he banishes her. It is a petty, shallow and foolish act.Cordelia is not actually banished. Her punishment is that he doesn't give her the rightful dowry which is the third of the kingdom. She leaves on her own accord. Lear tells her to get out of his sight, which plays into the theme of vision and blindness.She leaves under her own accord with the King of France.
How did William Shakespeare write his plays?
It was his job.He was very famous for his Plays and Poems.He is the one that we all look up to.He will live in our minds and we will pass on what he made us.Except for three original plots, Shakespeare was a great adapter. He took his history plays from well known chronicles. Romeo & Juliet came from a well known narrative poem. Hamlet and King Lear may have been page-one rewrites of older, existing plays. This does not detract from Shakespeare's creativity. Many great plays are adaptations. The Greeks adapted their myths. Shakespeare took the material ans made it his own.
What were the books and plays Shakespeare liked the most?
We don't know, because Shakespeare left no record of what he liked and what he didn't like. We can talk about what books and plays he used, but it doesn't mean he liked them. He used earlier versions of Hamlet and King Lear, a poetic version of the Romeo and Juliet story, Holinshed's Chronicles, Plutarch's lives, stories from Ovid, stories from Bocaccio and many other books and plays as sources for his own plays.
