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  1. adkeswani2

    Lear, Contexts of different composers

    here's what i've got (sry if i repeat anyone else's): Brook's: - Cold War, bleak environment, standoff between nations - patriarchal values being challenged, see phallic symbol in opening scene, Lear is encased inside it, only a shadow of a ruler Eyre's: - Rising divorce rates/single parenting...
  2. adkeswani2

    Lear, Contexts of different composers

    Appreciated. I think some other factors of Brooks context were developments in philosophy, including the introduction of nihilism (?) hence the focus upon nothingness + the bleak atmosphere of the film. Also, patriarchal values were being questioned in Brooks time, so that is why Lear is...
  3. adkeswani2

    Lear, Contexts of different composers

    Hi all. Browsing various threads on Lear. Have found many describing WHAT the composers are trying to focus on, e.g. domestic issues, nihilism, etc.etc., but not much on WHY, i.e. the context in which these composers were...composing. Is this necessary to include in an essay? If so, then what...
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