Lear is a man of massive emotions, uncontrollable passions, dictatorial, uncompromising, magnificently charismatic, a brilliant politician, an iron-fisted leader, totally opinionated, egotistical, dogmatic, and overbearing. He inspires in some enormous love, devotion, respect and loyalty; in others, loathing and contempt.
Goneril is utterly ruthless, totally compulsive, paranoid, devious, vitriolic. She is never at peace, never satisfied,
Frequently I see posed the question: “Is Shakespeare important and relevant to our modern world?” followed by its concomitant: “If so, why?”
So long as human beings survive, Shakespeare’s importance and relevance is timeless because:
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