When Shakespeare was writing King Lear, English had survived many years of civil war, political, and religious disturbance. (Metzger, 2000) Shakespeare also used many literary devices in this story such as comic relief and soliloquy. …show more content…
He used writing styles and metaphors that were greatly shown in King Lear. The words that Shakespeare used in this story reflect the way he thought about women and men during this time period. When you look at his poetry and compare it to works such has John Donne’s, you see that Shakespeare did not just focus on one aspect of his writing. John Donne has a writer mainly focused on religion. Shakespeare took a variety of topics and themes and put them all throughout his writing for example in King Lear you see religious views, social classes, gender roles between men and women, and also rhyme scheme is an important part in his poetry and