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Absuive Family Relationships in Shakespeare's King Lear and Shepard's Buried Child

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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The core of this study is to investigate the aspects of domestic violence, which became a global phenomenon, as reflected in Shakespeare's King Lear and Shepard's Buried Child. This thesis is a commentary on such family issues as the irresponsibility and injustice of Lear against his good daughter, Cordelia, as well as the vulgarity of his two ungrateful daughters, Goneril and Regan, against him as Shakespeare depicts in his King Lear. Then, it discusses such domestic tensions raised by Shepard in his Buried Child as the irresponsibility of a father (Dodge), ungrateful sons (Tilden and Bradley) and a hard-heartedly incestuous mother (Halie). In conclusion, this study tries to find out the similarities and dissimilarities between these two famous family plays in dealing with the theme of domestic violence (though written by two different playwrights, who belong to two different ethnicities and two distant eras). It also highlights the greatness of both Shakespeare and Shepard who could attract the attention of their countries and the whole world to domestic abuse as the most fatal family problem that threatens the stability and the future of mankind.

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10.21608/jltmin.2004.150813

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Ramadan

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Al-Azzawi

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English Department, Faculty of Al-Alsun, Minia University

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2

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3

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21739

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2004-08-01

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2021-02-22

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2004-08-01

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383

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408

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2735-4520

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2735-4539

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JLTMIN_Volume 2_Issue 3_Pages 383-408.pdf

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Journal of Languages and Translation

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Absuive Family Relationships in Shakespeare's King Lear and Shepard's Buried Child

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23 Jan 2023