King LearPan Macmillan, 11.08.2016 - 208 Seiten In Shakespeare's thrilling and hugely influential tragedy, ageing King Lear makes a capricious decision to divide his realm between his three daughters according to the love they express for him. |
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... nature to social custom, a logic repeatedly contradicted by the use of 'natural' to endorse social norms throughout the play. Gloster, blind to the treachery being practiced on him, is also blind to the irony of what he espouses and ...
... Nature as the patron 'goddess' for his schemes Edmund exposes one of the richest veins of irony in the whole play: the contradictory meanings and uses of 'Nature' as an authority. When Edmund salutes Nature as his 'goddess' he is making ...
... nature to social custom, a logic repeatedly contradicted by the use of 'natural' to endorse social norms throughout the play. Gloster, blind to the treachery being practiced on him, is also blind to the irony of what he espouses and ...
... Nature and ruling every species in creation. 'We came crying hither', preaches Lear to Gloster; and must go crying hence, as the play conclusively illustrates. The paradoxical greatness of King Lear is carried through such ...
... nature, and any higher power moving in the universe. Yet, given the play's ironic bent, madness is most likely to afford the clearest insights, blindness the most feeling truths. Notwithstanding its challenges, the play continues to be ...