Suffering In Shakespeare's Plays
Suffering In Shakespeare's Plays
How does suffering affect one's actions? Do different types of suffering
affect one in different ways? This paper seeks to determine how William
Shakespeare's character's respond to various types of suffering. Suffering can
be defined in two ways; physical suffering, in which the character is inflicted
with physical pain and trauma, and emotional suffering, where the character
suffers an emotional trauma or loss.
In The Tempest, the physically traumatized characters, are Trinculo and
Stephano. They are chased by dogs but their physical trauma has not induced any
sign of remorse or guilt. Ferdinand, on the other hand, is overcome by
emotional suffering at the "loss" of his son. In King Lear, Lear is plagued
emotionally. He feels that he has lost the love of his favorite daughter
Cordelia, and he feels the harsh hatred of his two evil daughters. At the
conclusion of the play, his sanity is restored but he has suffered......
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