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King Lear I - Kingship and Kinship

We begin our study of King Lear by discussing the love test Lear devises to divide his kingdom among his daughters, moving on to address the implications of the protagonist's double identity as king and father, and of the play's entanglement of political action with family strife in its interweaving of the "Lear Plot" with the "Gloucester Plot."

English
  • Originally Aired January 1, 2007
  • Runtime 30 minutes
  • Network The Great Courses
  • Created October 30, 2022 by
    RicaRaducanu
  • Modified October 30, 2022 by
    RicaRaducanu