tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19954746.post88559975854568232..comments2023-10-28T06:24:47.456-04:00Comments on Song of a Reformed Headhunter: King Lear Act One Scene ThreeJee Leonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01979179110231643931noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19954746.post-48407112286331378932007-01-08T19:43:00.000-05:002007-01-08T19:43:00.000-05:00Dear Rui,
"King Lear" is not my favorite Shakespea...Dear Rui,<br />"King Lear" is not my favorite Shakespeare (Oh, the incomparable "Anthony and Cleopatra"!), but it is growing on me. The poetry in Lear has a spareness that matches its nihilism terrifically. Cordelia and Edgar are both ciphers to me. My favorite character is Edmund: "Ye gods! Stand up for the bastards!" And the most affecting line of the whole play is given to him, I think: "And yet was Edmund loved."<br /><br />Jee LeongJee Leonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01979179110231643931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19954746.post-70111643783627659492007-01-08T09:47:00.000-05:002007-01-08T09:47:00.000-05:00fellow 'King Lear' fan. :) are you still teaching ...fellow 'King Lear' fan. :) are you still teaching it this year? thanks for this post - it's made me see, once again, why i love this play so much, and it's reminded me that i need to go back to look it again every so often because there's always something new to see and admire.<br /><br />i taught it last year, and somewhere along the way became convinced that the play is all about what an idiot cordelia is. i say this only half-facetiously. why else have edgar, who's a sortof parallel to cordelia, basically lie his way to the throne? i never quite got around to counting the number of lies edgar and the sexy bastard each tell, but i kinda suspect edgar beats his half-brother at that game... <br /><br />does that work as a way of understanding the play? i must admit i'm in love with art that involves screwy morality. er. i meant that in a non-freudian way. heh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com