God Save the Queen

As I read the last 3 acts of King Lear, I thought about the differing perspectives of how the king should be treated from King Lear's England to current day England. In King Lear, his daughters treat him terribly, throwing him out in the rain and driving him insane. As opposed to today where the Queen of England is treated with the upmost respect. Can you imagine someone throwing Queen Elizabeth in the rain? But also, the English people seem to almost idolize the Queen. And then things got really interesting when we talked about Julius Caesar and Charles I. Now I know why the English view the queen like they do. First, Shakespeare shows how a monarchy can go awry in King Lear. Then,today we talked about how the English monarchy actually went awry. People weren't ready for Charles I to go. Even Oliver Cromwell and John Milton couldn't brainwash the people to be something they didn't want to be - a republic. Hopefully, we don't get so complacent with the way things are that we refuse change and make people seem completely different than they are as people did with Charles I. From killing Charles I to the rebirth of the English monarchy, England has an interesting history. P.S. Commented on Meghan's