Shakespeare, in his tragic play King Lear, dwells on the theme of a timeless dilemma: whether a woman should prioritize her love for her father or her husband. The play seems to suggest that the woman should have greater love for her husband, as exemplified by the character of Cordelia, the daughter in the play. Not withstanding the play, the dilemma continues to the present day with its aggressive horns pointing at the concerned. The debate continues, with some supporting the father for his selfless love, which does not need to be expressed on a moonlit night or in the flickering light of candles on a dark night. Some say the husband is a true mate for the woman because he shares everything with her and remains a companion till the end. How would you feel comparing a polar bear with a camel? The comparison between the father and the husband is as absurd. The father loves the daughter the way no one else can love her in the world: it’s angelic, and the husband is the true mate of a woman; he sails through the turbulences of life and shares everything with her. Thus, the father and husband debate is is an absurd one. The love for them cannot be compared. The father reaches a state of divinity in his love for the daughter, so he is loved like a divine being,while the husband is the earthly mate and is loved as such. Truly, the love for them can’t be compared. ©Bibhuprasad Biswal:Aesthete

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