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A 4 page paper which examines how these values influenced the ‘truth’ of each work. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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based upon the social, cultural, political, and economic values of a specific time period. Literature provides windows of insight into the times in which they were written. It
also enables readers to understand through the ways in which the authors portrayal of truth was influenced by the belief systems that were in place during their respective lifetimes.
The social, cultural, political, and economic values depicted in William Shakespeares King Lear, George Orwells Animal Farm, and Anne Michaels Fugitive Pieces are virtual time capsules that illustrate what influences
the perceptions of truth. William Shakespeare seemed to instinctively recognize that the Elizabethan era was nearing an end. His tragedy, King Lear, is a dual plot involving two aging
fathers and their troubled relationships with their children. This may be perhaps because of the absence of a mother figure in each family, which always represented the cornerstone of
the Elizabethan family unit. However, the society was highly patriarchal and so it was the male who possessed all of the power - social, economic, and political. In
Shakespeares orderly play, rank, status, and appearances are everything. King Lear is an aging monarch who decides it is time to subdivide his kingdom amongst his trio of daughters,
Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia based upon their protestations of love for him. Their relationships appear to be more economic than personal, and when refuses to qualify her love for
her father by stating simply, "I love your Majesty / According to my bond; no more nor less" (I.i.91-92). She is abruptly disinherited and banished from the kingdom, an
outcast much like the Earl of Gloucesters illegitimate son, Edmund, characterized a persona non grata in society, and according to his father, His breeding, sir, hath been at my charge.
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