Finally, our class has completed the play, King Lear last two weeks. I really enjoyed the play despite the difficult and archaic words which I encountered along the journey. Initially, I thought King Lear would be the toughest play we’ve ever learned (well, maybe because of its thickness) however as we go along I found that the play was not that difficult to be understand. Thanks to Dr Edwin for his detail explanations, notes and exercises that I believed have helped us a lot and made everything as easy as ABC. Luckily the text that we bought which is by Heinemann is very accessible, reader friendly and easy for students who just got a crush with Shakespeare. It really helped me to comprehend better because I can easily refer to the opposite page for notes and meanings. In addition, the book can be read again and again for better understanding. In my opinion, King Lear is indeed an evergreen masterpiece because of the issues or messages dealt in it were so relevant to our society and timeless throughout the centuries. I am looking forward to read other works by Shakespeare as well. Right now I plan to finish my reading on Macbeth. Hopefully, I can finish it during the holiday.
2 comments:
i do think king lear is an evergreen play esp. the messages in it.ingratitude to parent:it realy touches my heart to the core remembering how cruel cordelia and regan were to lear.
have you ever watched the PETRONAS ad. which the father asked his son to repeat the name of the bird?we should not be infuriated with our parents juz bcuz they are getting older and become 'babes again'.
I do agree with you Wanira, King Lear is one of the interesting story we have studied in this course. However, as we all know none of us can actually escape from suffering with Shakespeare's language so I am telling you here that, I suffered in understanding the language too. Very thankful to Dr. Edwin for explaining to us the text word by word. I could only understand the story after listening to his explanation.
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