King Lear: Elizabethan Viewpoint?? (1 Viewer)

[93LuVz56]

School has set up an assessment task and we need to debate one of five viewpoints about king lear.
- Elizabethan
- Feminism
- Family Drama
- Marxist
- Psychoanalytical

Which onez are easy to work with???!!!!
Need help on Elizabethan one!!!

 

[KarmaKitten]

I say feminist.

You can discuss the misogynist(however you spell it) attitude towards women. how female sexuality is suppressed and viewed as vile and evil. etc

 

[Lou_86]

Marxist is pretty easy too..u can talk about edmund and his rise of power and all that sort of thing...

 

[93LuVz56]

oh k thanx u guyz...
du no where i kn find info on thez viewpoints??
so wat du pplz come in english?? rank?

 

[imsooverskool]

i agree, marxist and feminist are the easiest but u cant generalise. Eg. with a feminist view do not go with the line that "all men are bastards" and reagan and goneril are simply lashing out at the dominerring men in their lives. With a marxist reading u can say that lear's madness and downfall was caused by the power and greed that the ruling class possess ie. all of the upper classesare corrupted by their power. This can be backed up by the actions of the 'evil' daughters and also the change of opinion that lear goes through when he loses all his power. After being banished from gloucesters castle lear appears to become more caring for his subjects, there us a line like "my poor naked wretches i have abused you"

meh i hope i havent confused more...

my rank in english was 2/96 and i got a band 6, but im telling you dont take my words as gospel!

 

[93LuVz56]

omG!
everi1z tellin me 2 do eitha feminist or marxist but ive already choosen elizabethan!
now i dunno wat 2 do!

imsooverskool: u get a band 6 and u came 2nd in ur skol i think i kn trust ur opinion! not bad! wish il get sumthin lyk dat!

but wat do i do 4 elizabethan! omG! i'm gonna die!
its next week! noooOOOOooo!

r there ne sites/ links/ where i kn find essays or notes on this stupid elizabethan viewpoint??
dat dun cost lyk 9.95 per page! and dat is actually free!!!

 

[elizabethy]

i had done elizabethan interpretation of lear last yr ...but i don't remember it !!!!

 

[93LuVz56]

omG! u had my hopes all high!
n now u dun even remeber it!

so wat r u doin in uni now?
at syd? UAI?

wood ne of ur frends hab notes on it??
plz plz plz??
i neeeddddddddd nnnoooottttteeeeesssssss......!!!!!!