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Sibling Relationships In King Lear

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The concept of greed has been noted as a cause of an estranged sibling relationship in King Lear and “Why Siblings Sever Ties”. The article mentions many reasons for why people abruptly end sibling relationships and one particular is that “Things can become fraught… when parents start aging and issues like long-term care or the settling of an estate are added to the mix” (Eckel 3). She explains how siblings can have conflicting views on their parents’ wealth and health after they have reached a certain age. Eckel makes it clear the siblings can sever ties when one favors the well being of a parent over the future of the parent’s assets through her report of a story about a woman from Florida and her older sister. In King Lear, the sisters,

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