Lost

No it is not just the title to the new ABC hit show, it is what I am with King Lear.  Let me put it this way, if King Lear was a forest, I would have to drink Unicorn blood to survive another day.  I am having a lot of trouble remembering who is on who's side and who is who's friend and enemy.  I though this was supposed to be the most easily read Shakespeare play. What the he(double-hockey sticks) ((little God of Small Things comin at cha)) (((yes I said "cha"))).  Does anyone else feel like the lone fly on the camel's giant hump?  Waiting for the wind to blow his way?  But for real, it is hard to keep track of who is related to who.  I have checked with our friend Sparky McNotes but that does not really help.  If we have to write a paper on this book, it could be disastorous.  By the way, I would like to say I am declaring virtual war on Kitty (if that is your name). "it did not go as smoothly as one would hope for."  :(   

Patrick burton

Comments

[Cam Anton]

Patrick-
I agree wholeheartedly. I remember while taking the InstaQuiz that even some of the easiest questions were hard to answer because the tragedy involves so much memorization. I got confused with a few of the characters and became lost in some of Shakespeare's language as well.

[Colin Michael P.]

Pat, what the hell is with that first line? Unicorn blood... did I miss something here? I actually felt the opposite about the story. As we first began reading the story I periodically referenced the character list page towards the front of the book. This helped a lot when new characters kept appearing and when I needed my memory refreshed about each character's relationship to another. King Lear seemed to be the easiest read amongst all of Shakespeare's works that I've read. I felt like I understood more of the text, which may simply be the result of now being older and smarter than I was in sophomore year. Either way, the plot and text was easier to read and understand for me. I'm kind of surprised you had trouble keeping track of who was related to who. I don't think it's possible to understand the plot if you are confused by the characters' relations because the plot mainly consists of betrayals amongst family (and some lasting loyalty.) But anyway Cobb, I'm sorry you had trouble keeping track of the characters, but you still had a beautiful performance today as Edgar. Bravo!

[CiCi F.]

Pat, I feel your pain. I frequented that character refernce page in the book, and obviously other students had trouble with the names and relations too because Mr. H made a bookmark out of it. At quiz time I was fine, but acting these scenes out really did help me understand the story more. I guess becoming a part of it would make it more clear, even if that sounds a little formulated, but I understood the characters a lot more and so the story more more sense. Understanding Shakespeare is great, but no longer being the lonely fly on the camel's giant hump is priceless. Or maybe just that statement is priceless. You're amazing Pat.

[robinh]

Jeez Pat, why can't you be a Shakespeare lover like me? I think you need to pretend a little more. That's right, pretend. Even when you don't think a joke in the play is funny, you should laugh anyways. At least that way you're telling yourself "hey, this is supposed to be funny." I know that Willy is not always the most simple, down-home kinda guy, but cut him some slack, jack. He did spit some pretty hot game.

[JulianB.]

If your lost Pat then I am unconcious about this book. Let's not even look at the test we had, ouchies! We do have paper just-to-let-you-know. It won't be too hard find a theme to write about because the play holds so many. I really like the theme about women and power in the play. Since they could not get this power they met their demise and that's symbolic to me.