The parental preference between siblings can shape and determine the children's choices and actions. This fact is explained in a Ted Talk and is clearly shown in the play 'King Lear'. In the Ted Talk, 'The sibling bond," Jeffery Kluger discusses how parents do have a favourite child. Kluger says that "the most common favourite for a father is the last-born daughter." He explains that it is part of human nature for parents to have a favourite. Parents tend to favour the child of the opposite gender because they will look less like them but this child will act most like them. This fact is shown in 'King Lear' because Cordelia is Lear's youngest child and she is favoured over Goneril and Regan. The favouritism affects Goneril and Regan because Lear banishes Cordelia when she does not feed his ego as much as Goneril and Regan did. After she leaves Goneril explains the Regan that Lear "always loves our sister most, and with poor judgement he hath not cast her off appears too grossly" (I.i.292-293). Goneril and Regan then discuss what they are going to do about Lear because his mind is deteriorating. Cordelia being the favourite child affects Goneril and Regan's choices because they want to get rid of Lear before he can take something away from them. The parental preference of Cordelia to Lear determines Goneril's and Regan's decisions.
1 Comment
Sarah Brydges
10/6/2017 02:14:06 pm
This blog is quick and gets right to the point about how parental preference of one sibling over another can shape and determine our actions. Although there are a couple of grammar and spelling errors, the author makes a good comparison, between the Ted talk and King Lear, about how the last born is the favourite. A few things to maybe add would be to introduce one more comparison to King Lear. Also perhaps to maybe include a general concluding statement about the topic the author chose about, how parental preference of one sibling over another can shape and determine our actions.
Reply
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorHello Archives
January 2018
Categories |