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@gracelit1 Personally I think that Lear’s past isn’t as important as we might think it to be(if it is that’s cool too). I think Spears uses lears’ old age to caricature old people and use it to justify his impulsive decisions and highlight his ever growing weakness #laylit19

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@litlitlaurel @doralitexplorer ...above the law and can get away with anything. I was mad but not suprised that the arsonists were living about their normal lives for 7 years while many others were recovering, surviving, and even dead from the fires that they lit. And the underwhelming support from SHU too.

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@litlitlaurel @doralitexplorer I find an odd connection bw the connotation of “invisible” in society.
In IM, the narrator and marginalized groups felt minuscule.
But affluent groups that have the upper hand in society are “invisible” because they can do anything and get away with it as if they’re...

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I like the motif of “natural” and the astrological beliefs that character use in the play. Maybe Shakespeare was lowkey poking fun at people in the past for believing such things (as he points out through Edward), kind of like how we poke fun at previous generations #laylit19

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I found it surprising when Goneril started crying in the movie version. I thought she was more evil and untouchable to harsh words (and I don’t remember her being very affected by it in the play version) but the actress in the play interpreted + displayed more emotions #laylit19

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I like how Shakespeare’s different types of characters are seen throughout each play. The gravedigger and the fool, Lear and Claudius/King Hamlet, Edmund comparable and Hamlet, Cordelia and Ophelia, and the sisters and G+R (except smarter and more evil) #laylit19

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@lindsey_lit Good question! I’m not very sure about- on one hand Edward is a bastard seeking revenge to get his dads assets, while the sisters are now taking advantage of their dad’s foolishness to gain his assets as well. I think the small difference is their circumstances #laylit19

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@litlitlaurel LOVE THE EGGS

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@cindyliulit Goneril. I love her sassy and sly attitude and noncompliance to her dad

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@gill_aplit ...connect the tethered and other groups. The connection isn’t that heavy when you consider how they were made (trying not to spoil) and their “attitude” of living- but def the people living above ground are clearly living the good life while everyone is enslaved away underground

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@gill_aplit RETWEET! I’m still trying to wrap my mind around so many things (symbolism, plot elements, characters) of the movie because I feel like there’s many things we miss when watching t for be first time. Though I’m trying to find more ways to...

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I actually find Regan and Goneril a relieving element of the play. They’re evil but they’re also keen to social cues and communication. First it was their “profess of love” to their dad, then it was them colluding against him. #laylit19

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... was that just sarcasm (and if it was did the king get angrier because of it) or was there another element to it? Sometimes these motivations confuse me but at least it drives the plot forward- but then again Shakespeare could have done that another better way too #laylit19

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This is Shakespeare were reading but I still am confused by how irrational and rash he was when Cordelia hit him with facts. Also if she was the fav how did his mind change so suddenly? And what about the part when she called out her sisters and then said she loved him most?...

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@HannaKi81468159 @gracelit1 Probably is blinded by his loyalty- maybe a more positive approach is that he sees the best in king Lear and does whatever it takes to lead him well on the moral compass- lead is 80 years old anyways, he’s probably less pragmatic than he used to be #laylit19

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@nooramanalalala Yes! I think kids shows are a really great example- I grew up watching many shows that enforce the idea that everyone (compared to a certain image) is brilliant in their own ways. Unfortunately that presentation disappears as we age but I think we’re on a gradual improvement

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@amandaschimmel1 True- it’s a really fresh way to step out of conventions. Unfortunately though I feel like translating poems from one language to another ruins the original meaning because some styles are very specific to the original language. (Terza Rima scheme in Italian, for ex) #laylit19

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... such as the Titanic piece (with its physical structures looking like the passing of time or a titanic), and the way in which Pardlo said his poems gives it a different taste in presentation #laylit19

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Poetry isn’t two dimentional- I think it had three and even four dimensions when authors give it shape (playing around with the physical shapes of stanzas), syntax, and saying it or pronouncing the poetry in a certain way. Playing around with the presentation of poetry...