Comparing Rose And Ginny In 'A Thousand Acres'

In A Thousand Acres, the eldest daughters, Rose and Ginny, were seen as corrupt, but they were actually the victims. They were seen as children who did not respect their father whatsoever and only wanted his land. While in King Lear, the eldest daughters, Goneril and Regan, treated their father terribly and was after his power. They had no respect for their father and did not care if he lived or died. The tragic heroes in each story differ, yet they are seen as wicked and selfish. These stories share a similar idea of tragedy or having a tragic hero, yet they are shown in different characters. A Thousand Acres illustrates that Rose and Ginny were the victims, or tragic heroes while King Lear showed Lear himself as the tragic hero.

In A Thousand Acres, Rose and Ginny were the victims, the tragic heroes. As children, they grew up with their father mainly because their mother died of breast cancer. They continued to grow and help their father with the farm along with providing care for him as well. Their farm had toxic water because the fertilizer runoff made its way into the drainage wells and the aquifer. They were told not to drink the water, but they did not listen. Rose developed breast cancer just as her mother did and Ginny was not able to have children. The effects of the water did

Goneril and Regan were only after their father’s land and power. Once Cordelia was disowned and they had an equal share of the inheritance, they desired to have it all. They wanted to share nothing with their father and watched as he slowly became “mad”. He was a tragic hero because he realized that he made a mistake in choosing his eldest two daughters over his youngest. Lear was treated atrociously by his daughters and their husbands. Lear died for his mistake, but the audience could tell that he was not evil or guilty. He was an innocent man who just made a wrong decision which resulted in a deadly