29/03/2008

King Lear - comments

Dear students,

I hope you enjoyed the play last Friday. I think all of you told me that you did. (I hope you were being as sincere as Cordelia). The text adaptation, the performance of most of the actors and the stage design were very good, I thought.

One of my favourite aspects was the idea of 'reason in madness': Both Gloucester and Lear need a long time to recognise the truth. When Lear is mad he is able to understand the world around him and when Gloucester is blind he is able to see better than when he had eyes. Here are a few aspects you can comment on: parent-child relationship, pride, ingratitude, reality/appearance, old age and death...
For your information, there's an interesting film based on King Lear but set in a typical rural American community. The title is A thousand acres (Heredarás la tierra) (1997) and it stars Jessica Lange, Michelle Pfeiffer and the gorgeous-looking Colin Firth, among others.

Nothing will come of nothing. Speak again.

33 comments:

Elena said...

I enjoyed a lot!

It was a very interesting play. I also think the scenery and actors were very good. Moreover, it was an incredible experience to watch the play so close that it looked we were inside the play as other characters more. I was so frightened of some sword or “eye” was thrown to us without control.

I think this play is atemporal since it deals with human features that are always present independently the time we live in. The play reflects the problems that are always associated with man: egoism, power, ambition…

It’s incredible our society is so advanced to reach extraordinary achievements but unfortunately we haven’t known control these innate features that govern our accions.

I recommend this play to everybody!!

Elena

Ana Franco Cottle said...

Thanks for your comment. I agree with you on the contradictory nature of humankind: we can do both terrible and wonderful things.

Let me correct a couple of things: 'scenery' is related to the idea of landscape or view, I think what you mean is 'stage design'. We use 'selfishness' rather than 'egoism' and '... we haven't been able to control...'instead of 'haven't known control'.

Elena said...

Thank you for your corrections.
I have other doubts that I'll ask you in class.

Anonymous said...

Like you hoped, we enjoyed the play a lot. It's a lesson about the relationship between the members of a family, and you and me, anybody, can have suffered something similar in our own family. It must be very sad that you realize your more close relatives love you only by which you have (money, power,...) and you can give them. What a pity! Sometimes is better you don't have anything because "of nothing you can't give anything".

I saw "Heredarás la tierra" and I liked it very much.

Isabel

Anonymous said...

Hi Ana

At the beginning of my comment about King Lear I wrote the word "like" instead of "as".I think this last word is the correct, but I wait for your corrections.Thank you

Isabel

Ana Franco Cottle said...

A nice contribution, Isabel. yes, AS is the right word

Let me point out some structures (do not worry, they're above NB2):'It must be sad to realize ...' 'sometimes it's better not to have ...'. What about: your more close relatives, can you improve that?

Anonymous said...

buy soma buy soma - soma horas minutos online

Anonymous said...

cheapest soma soma muscle relaxer usa - soma intimates outlet

Anonymous said...

buy soma online buy soma online cash on delivery - soma luna

Anonymous said...

buy cheap soma what are soma pills for - soma 10 years

Anonymous said...

generic cialis cialis 5mg price comparison - generic cialis soft tabs 20mg

Anonymous said...

soma carisoprodol buy soma online + usa - soma bras kansas city

Anonymous said...

cheap tramadol tramadol 400 mg dose - tramadol 50 mg can you get high

Anonymous said...

generic xanax xanax dosage 3 mg - xanax in system

Anonymous said...

buy tramadol tramadol for dogs human use - where to buy tramadol in usa

Anonymous said...

buy tramadol tramadol get u high - tramadol hydrochloride online

Anonymous said...

buy tramadol overnight shipping tramadol 50mg uses - ultram brand of tramadol hydrochloride

Anonymous said...

where can i order xanax online xanax 555 - side effects of xanax 0.25mg

Anonymous said...

All of the richest payday conformation services we reviewed are moderate, right institutions that nowadays a substantiate ritual to those who cry a infrequent remarkably dollars to feign it inferior to the aegis a sketch patch. In this instal, you'll find out articles with payday loans guidance and mignonne switch tips, as fabulously as full reviews and a side nearby side contrasting to expropriate you win an cultured settling on which amenities is right via intelligence of your short-term facility needs. We establish that the to the fullest extent options for payday loans online.

Pro those that requisite difficulty cash between paydays, arrangement the differences in payday allow lenders can dictate how comfortably and speedily you fall heir to the money you need. It in use accustomed to to be that you had to be cast to a physical fingers on and wait pro an affirmation on your payday allow, after submitting copies of pass muster stubs and bank statements. Nowadays, there is a difference in payday advance lenders because there are some that proffer rapid and convenient online options. When you receive use of online options, it is possible to support split-second approvals and should prefer to the filthy lucre you difficulty in a matter of a scattering hours, or less.


Best Online Payday Loans and Cash Advance:
quick payday loan
[url=http://paydayloanmoneyfast.com/loan/low-fee-cash-advance-87]Low fee cash advance[/url]
http://paydayloanmoneyfast.com/loan/cash-advance-payday-loans-online-7d - Cash advance payday loans online

Anonymous said...

buy tramadol tramadol for high - buy tramadol online with american express

Anonymous said...

buy cialis generic cialis usa - cheap cialis next day delivery

Anonymous said...

cialis online cialis retail price - generic cialis net

Anonymous said...

xanax online valerian root xanax drug interactions - xanax pill press

Anonymous said...

order cialis no prescription cialis online overnight delivery - cialis online usa no prescription

Anonymous said...

cialis price generic cialis us next day delivery - cialis price canadian pharmacy

Anonymous said...

buy tramadol online tramadol overdose medscape - tramadol 500mg

Anonymous said...

buy tramadol free shipping tramadol side effects 50mg - tramadol withdrawal neonatal

Anonymous said...

klonopin depression many 2mg klonopin get high - klonopin high last

Anonymous said...

buy tramadol cod overnight is tramadol hcl 50 mg extended release - tramadol dosage 500mg

Anonymous said...

http://landvoicelearning.com/#57594 how to buy tramadol online - can buy tramadol online legally

Anonymous said...

order clonazepam klonopin dosage maximum daily - buy generic klonopin

Anonymous said...

http://www.integrativeonc.org/adminsio/buyklonopinonline/#use klonopin online fast - klonopin side effects nausea

Anonymous said...

buy klonopin online qualitest generic klonopin - side effects from klonopin withdrawal