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Book Review By Jess
King Lear by William Shakespeare

King Lear decides that he is going divide his kingdom into three sections and give a section to each of his daughters. In order to decide how much land and power each daughter will get, Lear has all three make pledges of their love to him. The older two greedy daughters do so, lying to please Lear, but his favorite, so he cut her off and gave everything to his other scheming daughter and their husbands.

But after the girls get the land and the power, they no longer have any use for their father. Lear must then face the terrible mistake that he made in casting aside the only daughter who truly loved him.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - depressed
Time/era of story - 1600-1899 -
Life of a profession:
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Job/Profession/Status story Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 40's-50's

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 2 ()
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK

Writing Style
Weird Victorian/Shakespearean English? Yes
Amount of dialog - mostly dialog
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