From my perspective it was anyone's fault but Lear himself responsible for his demise. For the reason of his foolishness and being blinded by lies. In my opinion it was both Goneril and Regan was evil even though Regan kinda was always trying to out do Goneril each of them knew what they were up to when they slickly professed their love for King Lear. Cordelia although she knew the consequences of what would come she told the truth of how she felt in which she stated that her father could not attain all her love, that he may only get some for she pledged half her love to her husband and her father. Regan and Goneril prefered to flatter him even though they knew they bearly had love for him at all.
They treated him badly and made the servents disrespect him and do not obey his orders.Both Regan and Goneril were only concerned about their wealth and nothing else. They could of cared less about Lear's welfare, they even went to the extreme of trying to scheme a wayso that he could not change his mind about the division of the kingdom. Both only cared about themselves, they were evil minded and knew what they were up to from the beginning. But the only person to blame Mostly his King Lear for his fall if he didn't love to have every ones attention and make thing all about him he would as saw past the two face Goneril and Regan.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Reflection on King Lear
King Lear was not only a father but a leader over a kingdown. He was a man who liked to pleased and very gullable. He liked praised and easily fed off the words of other who gave him flattery. It is proved that the sweeten words that he feeds off of others lead to his blindness and downfall. By given his Kingdom to his evil daughters and disowning Cordelia it further sees that it lies and sweet words really buys love. He later saw that Goneril and Regan was not looking out for his best interest, they had plans of their own, Edmund also has his own ascension . The reader begins to see that Lear has given up his authority over his children and Britain.
King layer took no precaution to safeguard his wealth he gave it all away to his daughters who had no interest in his well being and didn't love him enough to take care of him in return. Goneril and Regan in which he gave everything left him with nothing that when he was in trouble and in need for them they could of cared less. Cordelia who he banished in return gave up her life to fight a battle which lead to her death. In the end his death was due to his downfall and blindness of his rash decisions.
TRAGIC FLAW OF KING LEAR
- His first flaw was arrogance
- Foolishness in his decision making
-Blindness for he could not behind Goneril and Regan lies.
-Pride
King layer took no precaution to safeguard his wealth he gave it all away to his daughters who had no interest in his well being and didn't love him enough to take care of him in return. Goneril and Regan in which he gave everything left him with nothing that when he was in trouble and in need for them they could of cared less. Cordelia who he banished in return gave up her life to fight a battle which lead to her death. In the end his death was due to his downfall and blindness of his rash decisions.
TRAGIC FLAW OF KING LEAR
- His first flaw was arrogance
- Foolishness in his decision making
-Blindness for he could not behind Goneril and Regan lies.
-Pride
Significance of Baba
Baba was a mentally challeged individual who played a significant part in the play. In the beginning he was isolated and neglected by his parents. and in which Bimla had him as her main attention in which she took care of him and placed him first and Raja, it's because of them why she refused her engagement. As time passed and most thing changed it didn't for Baba for he professed the attributes of a baby that cannot do anything for himself. Baba signifies the essence of non changing in which as the years go by he still says the same. He also plays the role of keeping the family together, if it wasn't for Baba Tara would not come for any visits or even reflect on Bimla and Raja would have left and forgotton about Bimla and Old Dehli.
Thought's on the play "School Bag"
The play first began with a short play called 'the graduate' which spoke about the how society looks upon individuals and judge them one their appearance and who their parents and they are in society. It involved the troubles of teenagers who members in society thought of them as being the one to make something about themselves. The pastors daughter who in the end ended up getting pregnant and dropping out of school to have a child with the so call "ghetto" bwoy. they had the playa playa who thought of partying, drinking and getting the girls. In the end the girl who wwas thought as nothing, poor invisible in society came out and out shined them all for she kept stand firm believed in herself and became THE GRADUATE!
"School Bag" on the other hand comprised in the classroom of young individuals. The classroom was segregated into groups/cliques. There was the goody too shoes, the rebels and the outcast. In the play it displayed the trials that some individuals go through in their everyday lives as being afraid to speak out and talk to someone and get help. In the cliques the rebels comprised of the hot girl who felt they were the "it" who stole and had sex just to fit in with the crowd. They encouraged violence and picked on people just to make themselves better which in the end they regreted it all. There was the goody to shoes who were all about getting an education in particular one girl who was the leader she displayed courage in not being afraid to talk out and speak her mind. She told them how it is whether they liked it or not because she knew she was in charge of herself not anyone else. And then the was the outcast which nobody seemed to notice, she stayed alone in her little space with her hair covered in her face and always was in her little red book writing. The play drawed attention to the fat girl to all who was always eating and scorned for her wait. Just to fit in she became anorexic and threw up what she ate. But it was proved whether your big or small the hatred of peer pressure just keeps coming. As she lost the weight it still was not good enough for it just kept coming worst. It later displayed the relationships between parents and their children through a scene with a boy and his father. Which shows that the relationship between parents and their children are not always great and do not always see eye to eye. Peer pressure was one of the main factors pointed out of this play and at the end violence came into play leading to the death of an individual.
In the end the main focus was on the outcast who had the major issues going on in her life but everyone was too wrapped up with their own life and situation to take a look at her. In that book she wrote about every classmate and how she admired them and why but it was too late in the end to help or reach out for her because she had already taken her own life.
PS. i thought it was a great play with the whole concept and everything but it was just toooo.... short.
"School Bag" on the other hand comprised in the classroom of young individuals. The classroom was segregated into groups/cliques. There was the goody too shoes, the rebels and the outcast. In the play it displayed the trials that some individuals go through in their everyday lives as being afraid to speak out and talk to someone and get help. In the cliques the rebels comprised of the hot girl who felt they were the "it" who stole and had sex just to fit in with the crowd. They encouraged violence and picked on people just to make themselves better which in the end they regreted it all. There was the goody to shoes who were all about getting an education in particular one girl who was the leader she displayed courage in not being afraid to talk out and speak her mind. She told them how it is whether they liked it or not because she knew she was in charge of herself not anyone else. And then the was the outcast which nobody seemed to notice, she stayed alone in her little space with her hair covered in her face and always was in her little red book writing. The play drawed attention to the fat girl to all who was always eating and scorned for her wait. Just to fit in she became anorexic and threw up what she ate. But it was proved whether your big or small the hatred of peer pressure just keeps coming. As she lost the weight it still was not good enough for it just kept coming worst. It later displayed the relationships between parents and their children through a scene with a boy and his father. Which shows that the relationship between parents and their children are not always great and do not always see eye to eye. Peer pressure was one of the main factors pointed out of this play and at the end violence came into play leading to the death of an individual.
In the end the main focus was on the outcast who had the major issues going on in her life but everyone was too wrapped up with their own life and situation to take a look at her. In that book she wrote about every classmate and how she admired them and why but it was too late in the end to help or reach out for her because she had already taken her own life.
PS. i thought it was a great play with the whole concept and everything but it was just toooo.... short.
Questions on King Lear
1. Who are the two nobles in the opening scene and what are they talking about?
- the tow nobles were Earl of Kent and Earl of Gloucester, they were talking about the separation of the kingdom and the son of Gloucester and that he loved him despite him being a bastard.
2. How do you think that Edmund must be feeling at this moment?
- he did not feel as much bad because he knew that being a bastard you would not be treated with much respect and it was a norm in that society.
3. What does Old King Lear plan to do with his kingdom? What is the test that he proposes to
the daughters?
- his plan was to divide the kingdom among his daughters the test that he proposed was the test of "love" were as each must profess their love for him right there and then as he asked.
4. How do each of the first two daughters answer the old man?
- Goneril gives him flattery by feeding him words that he would want to hear, Regan tries to out do Goneril with the implication of saying there is know other love given to anything but him and King Lear being so blinded he buys what they told him.
5. What is Cordelia's answer and why does she answer as she does? What does her reference to "nothing" suggest about the use of this motif in the rest of the play?
- Cordelia expressed to her father that she had the amount of love for him as a daughter should no more no less. She answered the way she did because she saw that her other sisters was just feeding him words that he wanted to hear and she was not going to do the same. The reference to "nothing" that the use of the motif in the play suggest Lear's blindness of truth his pride and ego prevents him from seeing the actual truth.
6. Do you think that Cordelia is being cruel in refusing to play her father's game? Why?
- Cordelia isn't being cruel in refusing to play her father's game for the reason that she is not like her sisters in being to faced she was honest and relistic she rather tell the truth and face the consequence of being disowned than being dishonest like Goneril and Regan.
7.How does Lear react to Cordelia's response? How does Lord Kent react to Lear's response?
-Lear is in steaming anger and Kent tried to tell him not to disinherit her for is she who loved him the most and not the other two, Kent saw under their goody -to faces and that their were only out for the wealth.
8. How might the references to sight and blindness become important for the rest of the play?
-Sight and blindness become important for the rest of the play for as the play go on that is what it is based upon.
9. How do France and Burgundy each react to the news that Cordelia will not receive any dower and what does their reaction tell us about their characters?
- Burgundy had only thought of her as a dutchess not like a peasant, he refused to take her without her crown and credentials this proved that he only cared about who she was in stature rather than a person itself. France thought what she did as a sign of bravery and admired her courage he took her in when she had nothing. This prove that he didn't care what she was but who she was and that he was was kind hearted.
10. What does Cordelia mean when she says to her sisters, "I know you what you are." What do the sisters say about their father near the end of the scene?
- She knew the evil plans they have in store and planned. Near the end of the father Regan says, "Tis the infirmity of his age, yet he hath ever but slenderly known himself."They want to take advantage of his absence because with him there he still has power, they want to take advantage of his old age.
11. What are the two views of nature contrasted in the action and dialogue of this scene?
- a nature of good and evil
12. What parallels do you see between this scene and the first one?
-Both scene pursue the same theme of lies/ deception in that int Act1 Scene1 with Lear's daughters and Act2 Scene2 with Edmund.
13. A couple of months have now passed; what is bothering Goneril at this point and what does she instruct her servant Oswald to do about it?
-The knights(King Lear's army) grow riotous, and himself upbraids us on every rifle so she orders Oswald to be discourteous to him and his army.
14. Why does Kent wish to serve Lear? What does he discern in Lear's countenance and how is this ironic?
-Kent saw a sense of authority in the king's countenance and he wished to served Lear he was loyal and cared about his well being. It is ironic because later in the play the self same authority was of no consequence to Goneril’s servants.
15.What is Kent's reaction to what Oswald's servant does to Lear?
-Kent punished him by tripping him on Lear's behalf.
16. Why is what the knight says about the Fool's pining away "since my young lady's going into France" important?
-The fool hadn't seen the honest Cordelia since she left she gave a presence of happiness and a new air which was appreciated by the fool.
17. What is the Fool's function in this part of the play and what are at least three examples of how he fulfills this function?
-The fool provides comic relief in this part of the play. three examples of how he fulfills this function:
-The hedge sparrow feed the cuckoo so long, that it had its head bit off by it you.
-I have used it nuncle, e’er since thou mad’st thy daughters thy mothers, for when thou gav’st them the rod, and put’st down thine own breeches,”
- I am better than thou art now, I am a fool, thou art nothing.”
18. How does Edmund trick his brother Edgar into fleeing?
- He tells his brother that their father has discovered his hiding place, knowing of his father's attitude towards him he flees at once.
19. How do Kent's actions with Oswald characterize him as a "plain dealer"?
- Kent did not behave like someone of his stature, he insults Oswald and then attacks him with muderous intents. Oswald could not understand the reason for Kent's action neither defend himself. He spoke out of content when he innsulted Oswald who could not even understand what he was saying.
20. How might Kent's line "Nothing almost seems miracles/But misery" serve as a motto for the play?
- It plays throughout the hold entire play, many characters come to play under this motto as it develops into a tragedy.
21. How is Edgar's disguising himself as a bedlam beggar an example of social criticism in the play? Why is Edgar's comment, "Edgar, I nothing am" important to the meaning of the play?
-In society a beggar is nothing and who someone would look down on and criticize. The comment made by Edgar is important because he would rather be a beggar than not be recognised or loved by anyone because he was as someone in stature and recognized and now a beggar who is nothing.
22.Why is Lear so angry that his servant Kent has been put in the stocks by Regan and Cornwall?
-He was appalled that they would do such a thing for he had grown fond of Kent it was almost like they threw him in the stocks and chained him up.
23.What is Regan's first response when Lear complains of his treatment at the hands of her sister?
-She over looked it and put the blame on King Lear.
- the tow nobles were Earl of Kent and Earl of Gloucester, they were talking about the separation of the kingdom and the son of Gloucester and that he loved him despite him being a bastard.
2. How do you think that Edmund must be feeling at this moment?
- he did not feel as much bad because he knew that being a bastard you would not be treated with much respect and it was a norm in that society.
3. What does Old King Lear plan to do with his kingdom? What is the test that he proposes to
the daughters?
- his plan was to divide the kingdom among his daughters the test that he proposed was the test of "love" were as each must profess their love for him right there and then as he asked.
4. How do each of the first two daughters answer the old man?
- Goneril gives him flattery by feeding him words that he would want to hear, Regan tries to out do Goneril with the implication of saying there is know other love given to anything but him and King Lear being so blinded he buys what they told him.
5. What is Cordelia's answer and why does she answer as she does? What does her reference to "nothing" suggest about the use of this motif in the rest of the play?
- Cordelia expressed to her father that she had the amount of love for him as a daughter should no more no less. She answered the way she did because she saw that her other sisters was just feeding him words that he wanted to hear and she was not going to do the same. The reference to "nothing" that the use of the motif in the play suggest Lear's blindness of truth his pride and ego prevents him from seeing the actual truth.
6. Do you think that Cordelia is being cruel in refusing to play her father's game? Why?
- Cordelia isn't being cruel in refusing to play her father's game for the reason that she is not like her sisters in being to faced she was honest and relistic she rather tell the truth and face the consequence of being disowned than being dishonest like Goneril and Regan.
7.How does Lear react to Cordelia's response? How does Lord Kent react to Lear's response?
-Lear is in steaming anger and Kent tried to tell him not to disinherit her for is she who loved him the most and not the other two, Kent saw under their goody -to faces and that their were only out for the wealth.
8. How might the references to sight and blindness become important for the rest of the play?
-Sight and blindness become important for the rest of the play for as the play go on that is what it is based upon.
9. How do France and Burgundy each react to the news that Cordelia will not receive any dower and what does their reaction tell us about their characters?
- Burgundy had only thought of her as a dutchess not like a peasant, he refused to take her without her crown and credentials this proved that he only cared about who she was in stature rather than a person itself. France thought what she did as a sign of bravery and admired her courage he took her in when she had nothing. This prove that he didn't care what she was but who she was and that he was was kind hearted.
10. What does Cordelia mean when she says to her sisters, "I know you what you are." What do the sisters say about their father near the end of the scene?
- She knew the evil plans they have in store and planned. Near the end of the father Regan says, "Tis the infirmity of his age, yet he hath ever but slenderly known himself."They want to take advantage of his absence because with him there he still has power, they want to take advantage of his old age.
11. What are the two views of nature contrasted in the action and dialogue of this scene?
- a nature of good and evil
12. What parallels do you see between this scene and the first one?
-Both scene pursue the same theme of lies/ deception in that int Act1 Scene1 with Lear's daughters and Act2 Scene2 with Edmund.
13. A couple of months have now passed; what is bothering Goneril at this point and what does she instruct her servant Oswald to do about it?
-The knights(King Lear's army) grow riotous, and himself upbraids us on every rifle so she orders Oswald to be discourteous to him and his army.
14. Why does Kent wish to serve Lear? What does he discern in Lear's countenance and how is this ironic?
-Kent saw a sense of authority in the king's countenance and he wished to served Lear he was loyal and cared about his well being. It is ironic because later in the play the self same authority was of no consequence to Goneril’s servants.
15.What is Kent's reaction to what Oswald's servant does to Lear?
-Kent punished him by tripping him on Lear's behalf.
16. Why is what the knight says about the Fool's pining away "since my young lady's going into France" important?
-The fool hadn't seen the honest Cordelia since she left she gave a presence of happiness and a new air which was appreciated by the fool.
17. What is the Fool's function in this part of the play and what are at least three examples of how he fulfills this function?
-The fool provides comic relief in this part of the play. three examples of how he fulfills this function:
-The hedge sparrow feed the cuckoo so long, that it had its head bit off by it you.
-I have used it nuncle, e’er since thou mad’st thy daughters thy mothers, for when thou gav’st them the rod, and put’st down thine own breeches,”
- I am better than thou art now, I am a fool, thou art nothing.”
18. How does Edmund trick his brother Edgar into fleeing?
- He tells his brother that their father has discovered his hiding place, knowing of his father's attitude towards him he flees at once.
19. How do Kent's actions with Oswald characterize him as a "plain dealer"?
- Kent did not behave like someone of his stature, he insults Oswald and then attacks him with muderous intents. Oswald could not understand the reason for Kent's action neither defend himself. He spoke out of content when he innsulted Oswald who could not even understand what he was saying.
20. How might Kent's line "Nothing almost seems miracles/But misery" serve as a motto for the play?
- It plays throughout the hold entire play, many characters come to play under this motto as it develops into a tragedy.
21. How is Edgar's disguising himself as a bedlam beggar an example of social criticism in the play? Why is Edgar's comment, "Edgar, I nothing am" important to the meaning of the play?
-In society a beggar is nothing and who someone would look down on and criticize. The comment made by Edgar is important because he would rather be a beggar than not be recognised or loved by anyone because he was as someone in stature and recognized and now a beggar who is nothing.
22.Why is Lear so angry that his servant Kent has been put in the stocks by Regan and Cornwall?
-He was appalled that they would do such a thing for he had grown fond of Kent it was almost like they threw him in the stocks and chained him up.
23.What is Regan's first response when Lear complains of his treatment at the hands of her sister?
-She over looked it and put the blame on King Lear.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Brief history of William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was born on April, 1564. He attended the Stratford Grammer school at ages 6-13. In his spear time he enjoyed learning English and reading books written by Latin authors. William Shakespeare was married to Anne Hathaway who was an orphan and got pregnant at the age of 26. Shakespeare was then a butcher. Their children were Susanna, the twins Hamlet and Judith; Hamlet died in 1596.
Shakespeare over the years developed a career in London as a poet and actor. He then wrote a playwright called Hamlet in 1602 which made him wealthy. From 1585-1592. Shakespeare met his downfall and was no longer acting or producing plays
Shakespeare over the years developed a career in London as a poet and actor. He then wrote a playwright called Hamlet in 1602 which made him wealthy. From 1585-1592. Shakespeare met his downfall and was no longer acting or producing plays
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