Once again, Luhrmann is able to utilize the camera to intertwine a minute amount of humor into a quickly rising conflict. ... The rapid motions of the camera display the quick turn of each characters" emotions, and what started as a jest quickly amounts to a conflict. ... Luhrmann adds a key element into his version of the story by noting how each house jests at the other. ...
They both seem to have a firm grasp on who truly loves them the most, but it quickly becomes evident they are actually quite blind to the true feelings their children have for each of them. ... It is also important to note that Gloucester's eyes are bleeding at this point in the play. ...
Fortunately, Edgar revealed Goneril's evil intents to Albany with a note outlining her deceitful plans. ... In conclusion, the story of King Lear demonstrates that by being blinded and not having clear thinking, the powerful can quickly because powerless, with destruction, chaos, and corruption likely to follow. ...
Dr Samuel Johnson in an article of critical thinking notes, "Ophelia is treated with wanton cruelty"(2). ... Why has Hamlet lost his mind when he has the love of his good mother and caring uncle who so quickly replaced his father at his mother's side? ...
Many critics regard "King Lear" as the greatest, and most tragic, of William Shakespeare's plays; indeed, some claim that it is the most tragic play ever written. And yet, it is difficult to see why we should regard "King Lear" as a tragedy for the King is basically a pathetic old man, vain and foolish, rash in his judgment and incapable of controlling his emotions. This characterization seems to preclude viewing Lear on the Aristotelian model of a tragic hero, as someone raised above the ordinary level of humanity, except in the most conventional sense of his social status. Moreover, in ...
