Change King Lear

Why is compound inevitable? Why is it fe ared by numerous but then lotled with open arms by others? Change is the cause to be different, the process or result of altering. And although interchanges may be difficult and problematic, they often DO bring rewards to those who undergo them. But that doesnt mean every change has a happy finishing.Students, friends, Im here before you today to discuss with you the concept of change and its results, and with the help of arguably the roughly influential writer in English literature William Shakespeare and his play tabby Lear, as well as the movie Life as a House and the famous Bob Dylan song The Times They Are a Changin. With these texts, Im going to distinguish and expose the outcomes and arduousness of change.The natural company or in other words, the physical universe considered as an unever-changing structure of life in King Lear is absolute and when pushed, it pushes back. The most obvious deterrent example where the natura l order is changed is at the beginning of the play when King Lear divides his Kingdom between his daughters. Regan and Goneril represent King Lears sinister attitude at the borrow with traits such as cruelty and greed. Their deception is seen when the two daughters use exaggerations of love to deceive the King for power.Goneril claims she loves her father, As much as child eer loved, or father found a love that makes breath poor and speech unable. But youngest daughter Cordelia who represents the softer, purer nature of King Lear after he experiences an inner change- is seen to rebel against Lear by claiming her love as according to my bond, no more nor less. This scene birles the wheel of change, beginning the random suffering of the members of the kingdom and creates the dreaded repercussions that follow.Bob Dylans The Times They Are a Changin states Dont speak too soon for the wheels still in spin and theres no tellin who that its namin which reinforces the metaphor seen in King Lear that entails how change is happening continu eachy, without word of who it will affect and that once one change comes the wheel will continue to spin and will righteous keep on bringing more change, twain good and bad.The continuing chain of change is reflected in Life as a House when not only the two main characters George and Sam are affected by the change of their descent and their journey of inner change, but when the whole community are affected by change also. When George is admitted into hospital, the whole neighbourhood changes their opinion of him as the town pain and begin to provide their time and service to ensure his dream of twist a house is finished. This is shown through camera shots moving amongst those working on the house.The maintain of Georges ex-wife also goes through some inner changes shown through costume changes and changes in his body language. The once snobby business man becomes more of a laid-back family guy when he realises he may lose both his wife and kids if he doesnt change creating a sense that his family is his reward for changing himself for the better. The Times They Are a Changin implies that history is in the making that a change is coming whether you are ready for it or not.A line in his first stanza reads Accept it that soon youll be drenched to the bone, which is seen as an extended metaphor of irrigate, where the water represents change. Change is eternal just as water is. It will never cease to exist and ilk a flood, it will come whether predicted or not, sweeping away those who are not fain for it for if youre not riding the wave of change, youll find yourself submerged in it. The line Then you better start swimming or youll sink like a stone is used to further enforce the outcome of life is you dont adapt to change that these changes will drown you.This metaphor of water is not only representing change, but also the process of change itself. Bob Dylan shows this through his lyrics that the jou rney undertaken to stay afloat may be difficult, but brings rewards and happiness to those who undergo them successfully, as says in his words For the loser now will be subsequently to win and The slow one now will later be fast. During the movie Life as a House, both the father George and the son Sam jump off a slack at different stages of the movie and plunge themselves into the ocean.The ocean symbolises change, and their jump represents their willingness to take the leap of faith into it regardless of the risk to change their life. Both of these characters have undertaken many hard times during their life, whether it be depression, losing their job or an extreme medical condition, but passim it all they still manage to stay afloat and embrace change into their lives letting it alter them as they become new people.Unlike Bob Dylans song and Life as a House, King Lear perspective on change doesnt exactly bring rewards to those who undertake tough changes. In Act Three, King Lear finds himself caught in a storm that represents both the insanity infecting King Lears mind and the process of change that has been placed before him. Once again nature symbolises change where it is seen to be the sinister persona used to exploit the weaknesses of the protagonist and is inescapable and inevitable, just like nature itself.Lears decline in power over both his kingdom and his family reduces him to a weak, mad man and through the storm Lear has found himself unable to stop the change that is occurring in his kingdom and that he cannot hide from the destruction that it is bringing. Willingly or not, King Lear must change himself and deal with the consequences of his actions, or drown trying. Come mothers and fathers throughout the land and dont criticise what you cant understand.Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command. This line from Dylans song was composed during the sixties when the jr. generations were testing boundaries and moving away from the a uthority of their parents. Im sure most of us here have dealt with boundary issues with parents before, so we can all understand why Dylan was giving these parents who dont understand or get hold of the changes within a society a choice to step back if they are unwilling to change and to help by lending a hand.This step towards change within both society and families is represented as the reward at the end of the tunnel not only satisfying the younger generation, but to the whole community. In Life as a House, the house that is being built is used as a metaphor of the kinship between father and son. At the beginning, the house is a rundown little shack reflecting the state of George and Sams relationship at the beginning. George is viewed as the unenlightened parent who doesnt understand their kid, and Sam is the child who is trying to move away from the authority of his parents.Were all been there and done that, so we all know what it feels like to be in Sams position. But as the house is being pulled down and rebuilt, it symbolises how George rebuilds his relationship with Sam through the building of the house. The change shows on both the house and the familys relationship, by putting everything that was ever wrong right. This transformation of the house and the relationship is seen as the happy ending brought by change to the family. Lear doesnt understand his daughters just as George doesnt understand Sam.He doesnt know his two eldest daughters well comme il faut to realise the deception behind their love for him as they proclaim it, and he doesnt understand his youngest daughter Cordelia as he doesnt recognise just how much she really does love him. King Lear banishes Cordelia along with his loyal subject Kent with a growing blindness. He says to Cordelia, Hence, and avoid my sight as he also says to Kent, Out of my sight. further showing his ignorance or blindness of those who truly care about him.Throughout the play, Lear rebuilds his relationsh ip with Cordelia by experiencing an inner change throughout the play, just as Sam changes himself when George rebuilds his relationship with him. But it is obviously too late for redemption as King Lear along with many others die as a consequence of interfering with the dark side of change. Change is inevitable. But its up to you to make the best of it. Because nothing worth having in this adult male comes easily, and although those changes may be difficult and problematic, they almost certainly bring rewards to those who undergo them. Even if they dont always end the way you expect.