For this paper, I have chosen to discuss a character from Shakespeare's King Lear and one from Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness". I selected Cordelia from King Lear and Marlow from "Heart of Darkness" because both exhibit more than a little compassion and understanding of the plight of another person. Though the characters in the two works exhibit very different characteristics and do not end up in the same final situation, I will show how similar they are, and why. 4 Pgs. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
