Shakespeare

Shakespeare Wicked World William Shakespeare based his plays on evil actions, which the people of the 1600’s could relate to their own lives. Today, society reads his work, and they can compare it to the twenty- first century. Shakespeare uses the theme of evil to show one person’s greed interrupting the lives of all. In King Lear, Twelfth Night, Timon of Athens, Coriolanus, Taming of the Shrew, and The Tempest different forms of evil rule the lives of the characters in the same way people act today. Shakespeare proves the appearance of evil in mankind, such as greed, violence, and hatred dictates the world. Society of the 1600’s, as today, thinks wealth will bring happiness. With this mindset, greed begins to control their lives. In King Lear, the greed of Lear’s older daughters controls Lear’s life. Goneril and Regan strive to overtake their father’s wealth and power. Shakespeare continuously shows the theme of evil for “ Every cruelty in the action is re-enforced. There is not one evil daughter there are two…” (Spencer 137). Goneril instigates a crime, and Regan responds with a harsher punishment. After receiving all their father had to offer, both daughters strive for more. Spencer says, shakespeare, hatred, timon, coriolanus, people, new, evil, power, greed, wealth, violence, society, prospero, york, william, spencer, shakespeare’s, man, katherine, bianca, world, theme, one, night, mcveigh, malvolio, lives, lear, government, daughter, way, twelfth, today, smith, skater