Shakespeare, and the Madness of King Lear Exposed

Shakespeare, and the Madness of King Lear Exposed

In this paper, I will give a biography on Shakespeare’s life, a plot summary of King Lear, and critical analysis of various aspects of the play.
William Shakespeare was baptized on April 26, 1564, and probably born three days earlier, on April 23. He was the third of eight children to John and Mary Shakespeare. John Shakespeare was a substantial citizen of a busy market town named Stratford-Upon-Avon. John Shakespeare was an alderman of Stratford and was entitled to send his son to the grammar school free.
Not much is known of Shakespeare’s childhood, probably because no one expected that he would be a great writer in the centuries to come. What we do know about his childhood is that he probably received an education in the grammar school of Stratford. These schools provided the basic education in Latin learning and literature.
The most important record we have of Shakespeare’s early years is a marriage lice...