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D. Sansom

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Aug 2026

King Lear and the Wonder of the Meaning of Life

Abstract:This article builds upon an Aristotelian view of poetic tragedy to make two main points. First, a nihilistic interpretation of Shakespeare’s King Lear misunderstands Shakespeare’s intention of interweaving two plots into one play—the pessimistic story of King Lear and the optimistic story of Edgar. Because the...

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