profile-img
Eduncle posted an MCQ
October 17, 2019 • 17:03 pm 0 points
  • UGC NET
  • English

In his views on the death of Cordelia in King Lear, which is the ground NOT specifically cited by Samuel Johnson ?

Choose Your Answer:
0 Attempts Submit Now
  • 0 Likes
  • 1 Comments
  • 0 Shares
  • comment-profile-img>
    Eduncle Best Answer

    King Lear is at once the most highly praised and intensely criticized of all Shakespeare's works. Samuel Johnson said it is "deservedly celebrated among the dramas of Shakespeare" yet at the same time he supported the changes made in the text by Tate in which Cordelia is allowed to retire with victory and felicity. "Shakespeare has suffered the virtue of Cordelia to perish in a just cause, contrary to the natural ideas of justice, to the hope of the reader, and, what is yet more strange, to the faith of chronicles." A.C. Bradley's judgement is that King Lear is "Shakespare's greatest work, but it is not...the best of his plays."

whatsapp-btn

Do You Want Better RANK in Your Exam?

Start Your Preparations with Eduncle’s FREE Study Material

  • Updated Syllabus, Paper Pattern & Full Exam Details
  • Sample Theory of Most Important Topic
  • Model Test Paper with Detailed Solutions
  • Last 5 Years Question Papers & Answers