King Lear No Fear Review

The play King Lear by William Shakespeare, proved to be a great read for our AP Literature class. Due to its complexity many do not read this story until they get into higher learning. Firstly, it was good to have the original text right beside the modern english text. It allowed the reader to go back and look at the actual words before they were translated. Secondly, the play had a great moments of irony within it. Between Lear's daughters, going against him and Gloucester's son plotting against him it produced a lot of irony throughout the story. Additionally, the originality of the modern next benefited as well. Many modern stories bleep out the content which is used but it was unique how this story kept it. Lastly, the story was a great read. It was not a moment of boredness, and Shakespeare kept the readers appealed. It was also a great engaging read for our AP Literature class as we get ready for the year!

Disloyalty leads to Death- Tale

In the ancient city of Rome, the James Dynasty had ruled its vast empire for over two hundred and fifty years. The current heir of the throne was King Katore VIII. Unlike his past ancestors Katore ruled the land with fierce power and might. In fact,  he had the biggest standing army in the eastern hemisphere with over 800,000 men. Apart of this vast army, there were over 4000 ships. This army has allowed the empire to expand due to their ruthless tactics and their ability to take over different territories. On the Kings side stood Queen Caitlyn V of England. The Queen had a fierce reputation due to her dominant power on the English throne. Her beauty was like no other and no one would dare step foot in front of her. She too built a vast army and had a huge empire. The two met because of vast trading the empires did with each other. One day they decided to form a treaty which formally made them an alliance. They begin to ruthlessly conquer smaller empires and territories throughout europs and Asia. The two then began to become closer and ended up marrying each other in the capital city of Rome. The two merged their empires to form the most dominant empire in all of the land. Together the two achieved economic prosperity and the love of all the people im their lands. Ahead of the army was knight Solomon V of England. The Queen brought this powerful knight with her from England to head the great army. The knight stood of high descent, a noble man to the people, and a true court to the ladies of the great empire. This knight had a long kept secret in his heart and he was bound to finally let the Queen know his heart. He had a secret love for the Queen for many years and wanted to steal the Queen from the King. As summer begin the King began to take visits to the people of his mighty lands along with the Queen. On many of these trips the Queen stayed back home to manage the throne. The King ordered that the Solomon and his army protect the castle as he left for his royal tour of his empire. This allowed Solomon to get close to the Queen. One day the Queen was alone in her tower when Solomon walked in to check on her. Solomon knew this would be the perfect time to confess his love for the Queen. Solomon entered the room, and the Queen said "Knight what brings you here today?" The knight responds and says "Queen Caitlyn thou beauty and temptation has plagued me for many years and I can no longer resist!" The Queen responds "Knight this is surely not noble of you and you have betrayed your loyalty to the King." The knight then says "Queen I beg you to spare a few minutes of your time so that i may confess thy love for you." The Queen stood there in disbelief and anger. The knight then went on to say "Queen your beauty is so amazing, and for many years I have admired your power and way of rule. Although I have disowned all of my loyalty to the King and you Queen I beg for your sympathy. I ask of you to take my hand in marriage and vacant the throne so that we may go back to England and rule over our lands together. Queen I ask this of your royalty and not under any other descent. My Queen will you take me up on my offer?" The Queen still shocked and responds "thou loyalty to the King and this throne shall not be betrayed if anyone of any descent. To lie of your honor of the King and this throne is unacceptable to this Empire. Today you are scripted of all of your noble powers and you will be charged with treason of this throne. You will be jailed until the King returns. Upon his arrival we will watch as you are punished by way of Guillotine. The Queen ordered the knights to take Solomon out of the castle and to the prison. The next day the King arrived back home in disarray about the events that had occured. He summoned Solomon to the royal court to plead his case. The King asked Solomon "are the claims of thou Queen true of what you told her in my castle?" Solomon replies and says "thou claims are true. I asked the Queen to vacate her throne and come back to England so we may rule our holy land together. I beg your mercy on my soul. I know i have commited thou sin of treason and have became disloyal to you my King and this mighty throne. King Katore replied "If any man of any accent commit treason to thy throne or me will have to suffer accordingly. This here is not only treason but you Solomon has committed a high crime that I may not spare. To become disloyal of the King and to try to court my royal Queen will result in death by way of sword from me. After thou sword has pierced your heart, the Queen's punishment will be granted by way of Guillotine." The King ordered Solomon to be placed on the stairs of the Guillotine. The knights removed Solomon and took him out of the royal court. Outside on the stairs tide to down Solomon eagerly awaited his death. The King took his precious sword which sparkled and appaled many who looked. The King pierced right through the heart of Solomon with one strike" and removed his royal sword. The knights then dragged the body of Solomom up the stairs as he choked and coughed up the blood from his severed heart. His head was placed under the blade and the Queen pulled the latch. The massive blade came down with max force cutting the head of Solomon completely away from his body. The King then gave a speech to the people of his lands. The King stated "If anyone else decides to commit treason to thy throne or change their commitment of loyalty to thy throne, you will have the same punishment as Solomon!" The King and Queen began to rule their Empire again like nothing ever happened. During their rule no other person of their lands vowed to be like Solomon!