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Shakespeare: Love & Tragedy


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Having read Shakespeare’s Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, which describes in a most intimate manner, true, passionate love, ending in a painful loss. Deep emotion. A most devastating conclusion. A lump in the throat to say the least.

Love and tragedy do flow through Shakespeare’s works.

King Lear and his daughters: Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia are questioned as to their love and loyalty. These are excerpts not necessarily in order, but focused on one emotion; love.

A love described from daughter to father.

AN EXCERPT FROM SHAKESPEARE’S THE TRAGEDY OF KING LEAR


Lear: Which of you shall we say doth love us most?
That our largest bounty may extend
Where Nature doth with merit challenge.

Our eldest born speaks first.

Goneril: Sir, I love you more than words can wield the matter,
Dearer than eye-sight, space, and liberty,
Beyond what can be valued, rich or rare,
No less than life, with grace, health, beauty, honour,
As much as child e’er loved or father found;
A love that makes breath poor and speech unable;
Beyond all manner of so much I love you.


Such genuine love for her father is from the heart. A form of competition with whom she marries; for example either prince of France or prince of Burgundy.

Just having started to read King Lear for the first time, it will be necessary to continue reading!

Any lovers of Shakespeare out there!?

Simon Lever
Simon Lever
Prior to his retirement, Simon engaged in software and services sector search and recruitment for American companies around Europe. He has retained the enjoyment of engaging with people from other countries and cultures. His energies are now directed towards voluntary community activities, journaling, and exhibition stewardship. He is a Featured Contributor for BizCatalyst 360°. As an Exhibition Steward, at the 1000-year-old Winchester Cathedral, he is responsible for guiding visitors from the world over, around the award-winning 'Kings and Scribes Exhibition', which includes the 900-year-old Winchester Bible. The exhibition introduces visitors to Winchester's historical significance as a former capital of England. Simon's journaling activities are published on BizCatalyst 360° and accompanying posts on LinkedIn, He acknowledges the inspiration afforded him by Carol Campos of Massachusetts: Life Strategist, Writer, and Intuitive Business Leader who introduced him to writing with feeling; from the heart. Simon's forté is creative writing; the accent on the natural environment, transforming feelings, emotions, sights, sounds, and scents of Mother Nature's landscape; hills and rivers and woodland into words, transporting the reader to the locations. Essays include accounts of his life in former days. Instinctively writing in such a spontaneous manner, descriptions become life-like. His often emotionally charged writing, whether describing a surreal 'Son et Lumière' at the Grand Place in Brussels to experiences acquired during European business travel. Journaling and Exhibition Steward activities are his key sources of inspiration and creativity. Kindness is ever more important, where he is a promoter of Shelly Elsliger PPCC's 'Decide to be Kind' Campaign. Simon champions Positivity, Empathy, and Kindness and has been described as a 'Beacon of Positivity'.

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