Help with King Lear v. The Tempest

Hello!

I am writing a paper that is to show the contrast between the themes of authority and servitude in Shakespeare's King Lear and The Tempest. I'm having a hard time developing some sort of thesis. I always have a problem narrowing down my topic, and I take on too much. Any suggestions on a thesis that would be sufficient for a 1,000 word essay???

Greetings!

It's important not to try to pack too much into a thesis statement, while at the same time making it clear what your essay is about. See what you think of something like this: In William Shakespeare's The Tempest, the themes of authority and servitude are entwined in an intricate interplay between the characters, while King Lear employs the themes as a cause-and-effect, with Lear creating his own destruction by rejecting his own authority, leading to his eventual acceptance of servitude.

You may not agree with my take on it, but perhaps you can use your own ideas to create something like it.

I hope this helps!

Thanks,

Sarah, EssayForum.com

Hello!

That helps A LOT. At first I wanted to discuss the two plays and their contrasting themes of nature, authority and representations of the savage, but that is obviously too much to take on for this paper. Thank you very much, this helped so much!

Jes