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king lear
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KING LEAR
Elizabethan times and Elizabethan England were a time and place when many social, political and intellectual changes took place. ... All the traits and trapping of Lear’s character suggest neofuedal nobility from his arcane language (‘vassal’, ‘recreant’) to his unproductive way of life based on consumption and leisure.
Lear is situated within social relations that revolve around feudal notions of duty and obligation. ...
The actions of the old king, exchanging flattery for land immediately sets the scene fort a chaotic destabilisation of society. As a king and a noble, Lear had no business exchanging anything. ... She draws attention to the fact that Lear breeches the aristocratic system by asking more in return than the traditional patriarchal system would generally allow. ... Thus, the circle of the sun reflects the cycle of life, which comes to full circle at the end as seen through Edgar ultimately becoming king.
Gender perspective
KL was written at a time when homosexuality was outlawed, yet it was also a time when James I, the new king of England was making it increasingly clear that he was a practising homosexual. Lear was presented on St Stephens’s night to the Kings Court in 1606, a festival known on occasions for ‘debaucheries’. Given that Lear was performed at court and may have been written for the occasion, it is possible that the play inscribes itself within the link between these 2 sub cultural sites- the theatre and the court.
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Title: king lear
Words: 1156
Rating: None
Pages: 4.6
submitted by: reyzor
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