Despite the fact that “King Lear” by Shakespeare and “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe were written in completely different eras by the authors of completely different mentality and background, both works of literature have evidence of attitude and behavior, performed by the representatives of either of the two genders...

The title character in Shakespeare’s Tragedy of King Lear gets many of the best scenes in the play, not to mention most of the audience’s sympathy, but he is just one of the bad dads who get a shot a redemption in the drama. In the hands of just about...