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King Lear in different contexts

Two people who value your prescribed text in different ways for different reasons are having a coonversation. Compose their conversation."

A- Hey B, we have been studying William Shakespears masterpiece "King Lear" in class, and i believe that it is the universal literary qualities of the etxt that allow it to be interpreted and performed in many different ways.

B- I agree. It is the texts universal themes of order,chaos, insight and blindness that allow many valid productions of the text. In fact, the interpretation i believe best reflects the aspects of the play is Richard Eyre's 1998 production of the play.

A- Is that the film version that focuses on family dynamics within a psychological reading?

B- That's the one. Eyres' interpretation focuses upon what he believes to be an "unambiguously domestic play". Eyre concentrates of the dynamics within the Lear family and thus presents filial ingratitude and sibling rivalry as the cause of the plays tragic ending.

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Posted by: Sheryl Hogges

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