Shakespeare: From Page to Stage with Jane Smiley
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What strawmanning, who the hell considers King Lear a hero? Yes, there's no type of person I admire more than doddery old men who can't judge their children's character. And my sympathy goes completely to people who stand by as a man's eyes are gouged out, if they have to do the clearing up after an all night drinking session,
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Goneril and Reagon's reasonable objections to the drunken behaviour is one thing....but they kinda did some other stuff in the play that was pretty dodgy at best....and Lear as the Hero?!...please,give me a break.-Here's an idea -why not accept the conflict and inherent drama between all these complex and flawed characters,and leave your political biases elsewhere.
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If someone sets an old story in a new setting, shouldn't they take the setting into account? Sheesh, I think if she has a feminist analysis, or interpretation in her writing it doesn't mean she doesn't understand what the original setting involved . Give me a break, criticizing Jane Smiley's scholarship... who are you, an English professor? I doubt it.
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Smiley is imposing her own feminist values onto the original work and its time. This is an English 101 mistake that going to university is supposed to cure you of. She is entitled to whatever will motivate her to write her stuff, but her critique of King Lear makes one the simplest and sophomoric mistakes.
Men and women are different, and daughters of powerful men seem well portrayed 4 the times, especially if there is going to be a story at all. Conflict! This was for the popular theater.
homerthompsonman 3 years ago 3
I think feminism is just adorable!
grcirca1985 2 years ago