I'm done bashing things I read. It's getting old. No one has said a good thing about "King Lear" so far, so I'll be the first to say it. It's not a bad play. It's actually the best play I've read so far. I just finished it today, and although I needed to rely partially on Spark Notes to help me bear with it, the concept of the play was inspiring. I am impressed so far with this class, it has very good potential to be the best course I'll ever have in high school.
I have to admit, the discussion we had today was pretty intense at times. A girl in my class was almost entirely convinced that Shakespeare used drug-related innuendos in Act IV, scene vi where Lear comes across a man covered in flowers after smoking a special "herb" to help with his headaches. A little off topic? Sure. But I think it was worth discussing. Another thing that I like about "King Lear" is the fact that it is not cliché at all. Maybe I just haven't read enough literature yet to know that for a fact, but it's different, which is good. I will finish up King Lear more thoroughly tomorrow.
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