Lear and Henry V are my two favorite plays, actually. I regard them as thematic flipsides of the same coin. In college, I did an essay about Divine Right and kingship in both plays. God fought for Henry at Agincourt, because he stepped up and took responsibility as a leader. Lear's kingdom went to hell in a handcart, because he abdicated power before God saw fit to kill him, and yet still claimed that power. Thus, a vacuum was created, and chaos ensued.
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Date: 2009-03-26 05:58 pm (UTC)