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KING LEAR

Responders appreciate texts for different reasons

written by Lisa Taylor shagadelic46@hotmail.com

King Lear has been interpreted and received in many ways. Different readings have evolved over time due to social and political change, making it easier for each ideology to accept and value. Different productions of the play highlight particular themes, plots, and characters and their interactions, and by doing so, influence the meaning of society’s conventions. King Lear was established as a tragic text hence it was interpreted in an Aristotelian reading. An Aristotelian reading reveals the character flaw of the protagonist, ends unhappily due to an overall progression from order to disorder and incorporates an implacable force such as destiny or fate, usually represented by the Gods through nature. King Lear has also been interpreted as an Absurdist reading. Peter Brook’s 1962 stage version accentuated the inhumanity and disinterest plaguing the then contemporaries, arising fr...

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