All of Humanity.

Lear, King of England (Legendary character); Characters of William Shakespeare; Bradley, A. C.; Tragedy (Drama); English drama (Tragedy); Literary adaptations; Translations; Translating & interpreting; Impressionism (Literature)

This article focuses on the different interpretation of the tragedy King Lear by William Shakespeare. It states that as late as the start of the 20th century, preeminent Shekespeare scholar A. C. Bradley taught that Lear had reached transcendence through his suffering and died happy. It comments that King Lear is known as the greatest tragedy in the English language, less brilliant than Hamlet but more profound and prophetic. It mentions that terrorism that happened in the past gave philosophers, literary critics and theater directors a context for understanding Shakespeare's grim text.