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Just finished reading King Lear and was wondering if you guys cared to have a discussion about it with me. I have three questions:
1. Which characters name is ironic in the book King Lear? What about this character makes their name ironic?
2. One of the major motifs in King Lear is madness (the mental state, not the emotional kind). Using the character of King Lear as an example, what do you think it means to be "mad"? When is King Lear truly mad? When is he not? What clues does Shakespeare provide to suggest he is?
3. Many characters in King Lear have multiple identities. Pick a character that assumes multiple identities and discuss the identities the character assumes and why the character assumes it. Then try to determine who that person really is. What is their defining character trait(s) and why?

>> No.6280018

Do your own homework.

>> No.6280023

>>6280018
i think he's doing it jokingly

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6280038

>tfw we could actually discuss literature if the homework fags fucked off and every discussion wasn't viewed with suspicion

>> No.6280339

1. Edmund is an unnatural bastard who's not du monde. Human evil is not the natural course of the world (neo-platonism blah blah)
2. Being mad is being not unmad
3. CRACK YOU CHEEKS

>> No.6280436

>as flies to wanton boys are we to the gods. they kill us for their sport

In lit class we were asked to pick a quote from King Lear. I chose that one and my teacher actually gasped. Best day ever.

>> No.6280439

>>6280436
Dude you're so cool

>> No.6280444

>>6280439
Cheers mate.

>> No.6280487

>>6280436
>my teacher actually gasped
Parasides lost