Resident Evil 9 and King Lear
Spoilers for resident evil 9 and King Lear (tho it’s hundreds of years old lol)
Just a random thought I had during work but Oswald E Spencer is just like King Lear from Shakespeare’s play.
✅ Both have three Children (Wards)
✅ Both had two wicked, manipulative children who succeeded them and also led to their madness and undoing
For Spencer: Albert Wesker and Alex Wesker
And for Lear: Goneril, and Regan
✅ both had one good child
For Spencer: Grace Ashcroft
For Lear: Cordelia
✅ that one good child ends up becoming their last hope to fix the natural order. (Cordelia fails but so does Grace in the bad ending)
✅ both Spencer and King Lear had a loyal “fool” by their side too Victor Gideon and “the fool” (I say fool because Gideon and the connections were literally fooled by Spencer’s research, but in the case of King Lear he literally was a fool aka a jester)
You could also argue Leon represents the king of France as they both trust and want to protect Grace/Cordelia
I haven’t read King Lear in many years so I’m curious if there are any resemblances I missed.
This could also make a cool fanficion.