King Lear - Evil
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In the King Lear play, Shakespeare creates many conditions in which
humans live in the world. The main characters in the play are used to
portray Shakespeare's ideas. One of these ideas which Shakespeare is
trying to portray is evil between the characters and in the world which are
emphasized thr ....
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.... land. Si ughters are the humans in the
play, it is the humans who caused the evil and Lear believes that humans
were the ones who created evil. Edgar, is another character in the play
who believes that evil is caused by humans and not the gods. Edgar said,
"The gods are just, and of our peasant vices make instruments to plague us"
(ACT V, iii, 169). Edgar clearly says that the gods are right and it is
the people who are responsible for promoting evil in the world. It is us
who make the in ....
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