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freaking_out

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hey i had this question for king lear:

"every new reading of king lear implies a reconsideration of the ways audiences value the play and respond to it"

discuss this view with reference to two scenes from the play and how these scenes impact on the play as a whole.


can u tell me how u go about answering it....or can someone b kind enough to post up a possible introduction paragraph, if they were to write up this essay?

thanks.:)
 

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i just wrote a long msg... then accidently reset it!! stupid me! lol

how i would approach the question is to take two scenes as it tells u to and look at them from a couple of different readings and say what is highlighted in each one....thus affecting how the audience respnds to it....

e.g Act 1, Scene 1

Feminist reading- the fact that Cordelia went against the patriarchy by speaking against her father and thus causes chaos would be highlighted.

family drama- the relationships between the characters would be highlighted....

depending on the reading, the audience will value the play in different ways. :)

hope this helps a bit....if u want me to extend i will....
 

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I think one important thing I'd add is that you have to Say HOW. That's where you get the marks.

The easiest thing to do is refer to productions. After all, productions are different readings.

I mean, to link this to reading, you can say, "In the X production of King Lear, from a feminist point of view, the staging of the character, Cordelia opposite of Lear, Gonerill and Regan in act 1, scene 1 demonstrates her will to oppose patriarch forces therefore Cordelia is valued as a symbol of power within a feminist audience. Lighting used as Cordelia speaks her monologue, "...You have begot me, bread me, loved me..." creates an image of Cordelia as pure, truthful, moral all of which is valued from a Christian perspective. Thus the character Cordelia is percieved and valued on different levels from different readings of King Lear."

Oh, btw... If you're going to use the words above (which I doubt) try to reword them... because that was just a whamy rush job. I'm sure it's dodgy. If you're gonna do feminist and Christian or any other perspective, research it well, so that you can use better terms and see how King Lear can be interpreted by a person from that view. I don't do Feminist or Christianity; this was off the top of my head.

Also, I've concentrated on the character of Cordelia, and that's only a small portion of the play. You should see the play as a whole...

If you don't want to use productions - well, if the quesiton doesn't specify for you to refer to productions (btw, in my trial, you had to refer to two productions. So be prepared with productions) state how you see King Lear on stage, (your own interpretation of the play) e.g. Staging, costuming, lighting, tone, gestures...etc and justify them by saying, "from a feminist point of view, the staging of Gonerill and Regan in Act __ Scene __ suggests... From a psychoanalytical point of view, this staging can be interpreted to be a.... thus different readings implies a reconsideration of the values within King Lear."

Remember to relate back to question and even use words from the rubrick. Hey, why not? :p

You can also refer to Context. i.e. Elizabethan context. Contemporary context or Post modern context. I mean, Context is good to use because of how it says, "every NEW reading" in the question.

So yeah... ^_^ hope I made sense...
 
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Originally posted by freaking_out
also thanx allyteaded for your reply. :)
LoL.. no probs... study for me!

King Lear's actually one of the one's I've neglected up until now... I'm going through it again. Well, supposed to be.

One thing, do you really really really have to name criticts?? It doesn't say it in the rubrick. What if you could just use the interpretations? Or base your answers on productions? I mean directors are criticts in a way because they present their values of King Lear.
 

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Originally posted by allyteaded
LoL.. no probs... study for me!

King Lear's actually one of the one's I've neglected up until now... I'm going through it again. Well, supposed to be.

One thing, do you really really really have to name criticts?? It doesn't say it in the rubrick. What if you could just use the interpretations? Or base your answers on productions? I mean directors are criticts in a way because they present their values of King Lear.
u know what, for that question, i reckon that u should phone up the advice line....coz us students might not be that reliable.:D
 

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yeah..i had no idea that we were even supposed to use critics up until recently!! lol

if u do ring up...tell me what they say...

freaking-out- i will extend more later- have to go to work now, but basically what allyteaded said is right....:) theres not much else to say really!
 

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Originally posted by Leanne
yeah..i had no idea that we were even supposed to use critics up until recently!! lol

if u do ring up...tell me what they say...

freaking-out- i will extend more later- have to go to work now, but basically what allyteaded said is right....:) theres not much else to say really!
hmm....yeah, in the advice line, basically they ask u for your student no. and your date of birth and name, to confirm its your student id.

:)
 

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Originally posted by freaking_out
hmm....yeah, in the advice line, basically they ask u for your student no. and your date of birth and name, to confirm its your student id.

:)
why does that even matter????????
 

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Originally posted by Leanne
why does that even matter????????
so people don't block up the lines asking stupid qs when they aren't even doing the hsc?
 

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