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King Lear

William Shakespeare

3.78 AVERAGE


had a little trouble following who was talking (read as audiobook). Cordelia was pretty boring, but I liked Edmund.

respectfully I think Regan is too smart to die by poison
naming both of Gloucester's sons E-names is some sort of cruel and unusual punishment
overall an excellent tragedy (though the best part was Kent's insult paragraph in Act 2 Scene 2)

soo nebuchadnezzar (shakespeare lowkey popped off with this one)
challenging dark sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mr shaky pear’s best play
challenging slow-paced
emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

How to rate Shakespeare’s King Lear??? A dark, confusing play, where language is a knot that never unties. Hopeless in the true sense of the word. A godless world where men punish themselves for their vices and pride.