cannot interpret king lear pls help me (1 Viewer)

[allstarr69]

mhello i have my english trial tommorow and have been studying the exemplar resonse for king lear on the resource section. Because the student has messy writing, i cannot distinguish one of the words.

Its on the 4th page and it goes like this "Gloucesters flippant attitude towards edmund, [unknown word] on the good sport at his making ..."

Would anyone know what that word is? Also Id like to clarify what hes speaking about regarding the psychological interpretation of king lear. I know its about family values and all but does this interpretation mean that chaos results because lear cannot relate to his daughters and therefore deserves to be punished? How does the death of his daughters come into this interpretation? Also how does the relationship between gloucester and edgar and edmund fit in?

Thx for any help that anyone decides to give

 

[kate9032]

Hey
Not sure what word that is cause we were buried beneath a pile of sample papers to so it could be any where right now!

What you were getting at about Lear's relation to his daughters is correct. If you follow the family drama reading you need to show how his patriachal dominate male values suppressed the daughters. It tends to move towards a feminist reading but try and saty clear of this..it gets messy. Because there is no matriarch Lear has free rhome and can excersise his will over his daughters without ever understnding them of the situation. Therefore his values and character hubris result in chaos and the decintergration of his mind during storm scenes ect.

Not sure which paper your doing but you have to remeber the value of context on a reading. My question targeted this directly so then you can go onto examine your studied production and how meaning is made/representation shown.

Not sure if that made sense. Good luck!

 

[silvermoon]

psychological reading is also the freudian reading i would imagine - each daughter is a representative of part of Lear's psyche. Gonerill = mother/wife; Regan = mistress/lover and Cordelia = death goddess