Personal Interpretation on majorcharacters of "King Lear"

The older daughters of King Lear, Goneril and Regan are "suck-ups", to say the least. The eldest Goneril flatters her father with the physical aspects of his appearance and of his "wonderful" personality:
"Dearer than eye-sight, space, and liberty;
Beyond what could be values, rich or rare;
No less than life, with grace, health, beauty, honour;
As much as child e'er loved, or father found...".
Whilst Regan states that although Goneril had already said all she was going to say (since she is the "same self-metal" as her sister) she could still add more, and so she says:
"Only she comes too short: that I profess
Myself an enemy to all other joys,
Which the most precious square of sense possesses;
And find I am alone felicitate
In your dear highness' love."
She says this with extreme exaggeration as though she is competing with her older sister. On the other hand, Cordelia, who appears to be truthful, and soft-hearted, is the youngest and admits her love for her father by stating it as though she was obliged to do so. Also, she states that her elder sisters already said all that could be said. However, she had believed that her love for him alone would speak for itself andshe would not have to say anything:
"...I am sure, my love's
More richer than my tongue."
King Lear is at first surprised and so becomes lenient or her to elaborate and embellish her answer, she, however does not do so in the way he expected. The king then becomes furious because Cordelia is his favourite daughter and she has disappointed him. He basically expected more or better.

Clear Light Of Day

Clear Light of Day, was written by Indian novelist Anita Desai. Desai was born in Mussoorie, India in 1937. She is formerly known as Anita Mazumdar. Daughter of a Bengali businessman and German mother she started to write in English at age seven and had her first story published at age nine. She was educated in Delhi at Queen Mary's Higher Secondary School and Miranda House, Delhi University. Here she received a B. A. in English Literature in 1957. In the year following she was married to Ashvin Desai and had four children.

Desai made her debut as novelist with The Peacock in 1963. It was published in Britain.
In a recent interview, Desai gives out advice to young writers: "...warn them that it is not easy and one has to face great difficulties, and be very persistent and be very stubborn about it if you really want to do it. I would advise a young writer to write short pieces, try your hand at it. And if you are confident that you do have a knack for writing and it gives you great joy and delight then think about writing longer pieces".

In India where Desai calls home, there are the presence of many partitions. The two major ones (the sovereign states) being India and Pakistan, divided basically by their religions, Hindu and Muslim, respectively. This partition was created in1947, by British India. In its aftermath, various conflicts arised which led to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. These two self-governing countries received independence from Britain "at the stroke of midnight" of 15 August, 1947. British Viceroy, Lord Mountbatten of Burma attended Pakistan's ceremony at Karachi and then India's in Delhi. So Pakistan celebrates independence on the 14th, whilst India celebrates on the 15th of the month.

Muslims are believers of the Islam religion. Whilst Hindus beleive in the religious, cultural and philosophical systems that is indigenous to the Indian community.

The women in Indian society had traditional roles which included the menial tasks of cleanng temples and their private households, working in the field with the men and helping them, raising the children, and serving and supporting their husbands. In the novel, Clear Light of Day, in the 7th page, one of the male characters, Bakul (husband to Tara), waits to be served by one of the women, rather than pour out his tea for himself. Also, later on in the chapter, Tara is found laying out his clothes for him to wear and becoming submissive to his wishes whether she liked them or not. Aside from the men having the final say in these communities, the women were the ones who "wore the pants".

Mahatma Gandhi, also known as "Father of the Nation" was born in India on October 2, 1869. He died on January 30, 1948. The cause of his deah was assassination. He was assassinated at Birla House, in the evening, when he went to conduct a meeting. It is said he was killed by radical Hindus who believed that he was the cause for the "unnecessary" Partition in their country. A young Hindu Godse did the dirty deed.