King Lear Journey Analysis
Changes are a facet of journeys. Whether they are big or small, they denote what we once were, what we are, and have the ability to forecast what we will become. Journeys can be positive or negative, controllable or uncontrollable, physical or emotional. Regardless of their form, one thing is certain, that journeys confront our way of thinking and shift our perspectives.
Good morning teachers and students, my name is Chelsea Amado, and today I would like to take you all on our own journey through two specific texts, King Lear and A Thousand Acres. I aim to show you how Shakespeare and Jane Smiley have used the context of their time and language techniques to communicate their ideas. Specifically, it is my endeavour to show you how these two timeless authors shift their audiences way of thinking through the journeys they construct.
Shakespeare’s plays convey the positive and negative effects of all journeys. His play, King Lear provided a new stimulus for his audience to think about and devote their thoughts to. He confronted people’s current beliefs and morals and introduced different concepts through his plays. For example, during the Elizabethan era society only accepted individuals of an Anglo-Saxon background in certain plays. However, Shakespeare exposed the idea of race by including individuals of different races in his plays and providing them with semi-central roles. As a result of this, Shakespeare desensitised his viewer’s beliefs and shifted their perspectives on their pre-conceived ideas of race.
Similarly, the same issues can be applied to Jane Smiley’s text, A Thousand Acres. This text uses feminine doctrines, in order to convey certain issues that were held within the nineteenth century. Women in the early nineteen hundreds were seen as servants or housewives, as they were restricted in the work force. Jane does this through character juxtaposition. She develops men as negative, archetypical figures of abuse; and women as the victims of
Good morning teachers and students, my name is Chelsea Amado, and today I would like to take you all on our own journey through two specific texts, King Lear and A Thousand Acres. I aim to show you how Shakespeare and Jane Smiley have used the context of their time and language techniques to communicate their ideas. Specifically, it is my endeavour to show you how these two timeless authors shift their audiences way of thinking through the journeys they construct.
Shakespeare’s plays convey the positive and negative effects of all journeys. His play, King Lear provided a new stimulus for his audience to think about and devote their thoughts to. He confronted people’s current beliefs and morals and introduced different concepts through his plays. For example, during the Elizabethan era society only accepted individuals of an Anglo-Saxon background in certain plays. However, Shakespeare exposed the idea of race by including individuals of different races in his plays and providing them with semi-central roles. As a result of this, Shakespeare desensitised his viewer’s beliefs and shifted their perspectives on their pre-conceived ideas of race.
Similarly, the same issues can be applied to Jane Smiley’s text, A Thousand Acres. This text uses feminine doctrines, in order to convey certain issues that were held within the nineteenth century. Women in the early nineteen hundreds were seen as servants or housewives, as they were restricted in the work force. Jane does this through character juxtaposition. She develops men as negative, archetypical figures of abuse; and women as the victims of