PeRMaNnTLY LoST said:
hey i need help on or some suggestions on the following question:
"challenge the dominant (aristotelean) reading by considering the following:
is lears 'fatal flaw' really that fatal?"
cud someone please help me??!!
fantastic question. i wish we'd had that one.
personally i'd use this question to argue that Lear's fatal flaw, [folly/doting on his daughters/dividing what is united] leads to human actions [the scheming of the elder two daguhters] which fuel the tragic cycle. therefore arguing that the element missing from the aristotelian 'tragic cycle' is the role of human action/intervention based upon base human desires, like greed etc. thus saying that the fatal flaw initiates the tragic cycle but is not solely responsible for Lear's downfall.
there are SOOOO many awesome references you could use for this, even things like the way the daughters glance at each other in certain scenes.
alternatively you could consider the role of fate, backing it up with lots of quotes regarding the role of the omniscient/gods. good examples are in the storm scene etc.
make sure you have a really clear focus tho, it would be easy to get lost in this question... but it is a great question to show off how well you can write and use examples. like anything with KL, pick a focus and find evidence to back it up.
goodluck
