From the start I thought King Lear intriguing. The way Shakespeare captures the "money is the root of all evil" but if you check your scriptures, it's the "love of money is the root of all evil" Shakespeare got this right too. The other element of this play that I loved was how Shakespeare gives you a father-daughter relationship, proceeds to tear it to shreds, but somehow how mends it for you through death. Any girl who is close with their father should be disgusted with Goneril and Regan, and feel some sort of sympathy for Cordelia, who I believe, is just sort of stuck in the middle of her greedy and power-hungry family.
I found the plot between Edgar, Edmund, and Gloucester all very confusing. I understand it's all a bunch of lies that have messed everything up, and disguises but I never really understood the core of the whole deal. It seemed to be about the one son being the father's pride and joy while the other one was left in the dust, because he was an illegitimate child. Worse comes to worse and again greediness leads to a fateful death.
I found Lear himself to be a sad,pitiful character but in a strange way I felt for him. The love of his money distorted his view on actual love. He is slowly going mad and as the story progresses the process quickens. You watch a man fall to pieces because his daughters have betrayed him over MONEY? That's just ridiculous, but sadly the world today is much the same. Shakespeare was brilliant.
I went into the story knowing it was a tragedy and yes, I expected Lear to die. But I didn't see the ending coming at all, the way all the daughters die. It was a complete surprise to me, but I guess you get what you deserve? The play really was tragic, Gloucester and his eyes being ripped out, all the deceit and loathing.
Overall, I really loved the play. I've always enjoyed Shakespeare, but I've never read his tragedies. I believe this was a wonderful opener to his tragedies.
I found the plot between Edgar, Edmund, and Gloucester all very confusing. I understand it's all a bunch of lies that have messed everything up, and disguises but I never really understood the core of the whole deal. It seemed to be about the one son being the father's pride and joy while the other one was left in the dust, because he was an illegitimate child. Worse comes to worse and again greediness leads to a fateful death.
I found Lear himself to be a sad,pitiful character but in a strange way I felt for him. The love of his money distorted his view on actual love. He is slowly going mad and as the story progresses the process quickens. You watch a man fall to pieces because his daughters have betrayed him over MONEY? That's just ridiculous, but sadly the world today is much the same. Shakespeare was brilliant.
I went into the story knowing it was a tragedy and yes, I expected Lear to die. But I didn't see the ending coming at all, the way all the daughters die. It was a complete surprise to me, but I guess you get what you deserve? The play really was tragic, Gloucester and his eyes being ripped out, all the deceit and loathing.
Overall, I really loved the play. I've always enjoyed Shakespeare, but I've never read his tragedies. I believe this was a wonderful opener to his tragedies.
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