Today’s Totally Random Lines
Answer my life my judgement,
Thy youngest daughter does not love thee least;
Nor are those empty-hearted whose low sound
Reverb no hollowness.
Kent
King Lear Act I, Scene i, Line 149
Kent
is the voice of reason from the very start in this play. He states it right at
the beginning, but Lear refuses to listen. If he’d just listened to his man
Kent, he could have avoided pretty much the whole mess. Imagine, Lear listens and realizes
that Cordelia should get as much of the kingdom, if not more, than the others.
At the very least, if the other two still treat him badly he can just go to
Cordelia. Of course, then you don’t get the Tragedy of King Lear, do you?
Life’s
funny, isn’t it. It’s also kind of important to avoid the life-changing
mistakes like the one Lear made. Also important to maybe listen to the advice
of those who are close to you, those whom you trust. Lear didn’t even give
Kent’s words the slightest consideration. What the heck?
2 comments:
I just read the synopsis of King Lear on wikipedia. Man, what a dark play.
It is indeed dark. If only he had listened to Kent!
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