Destruction, Chaos, Nothingness Flashcards
Third point about destruction and chaos
Madness mirrors political chaos
Second point about the destruction and chaos
The destruction of family ties
Fourth point about destruction and chaos
Destruction suggests that human suffering is meaningless
Fifth point about destruction and chaos
No order or justice
Examples for natural order leading to chaos
Attempts to evade fate prove disastrous
Lear’s abdication causes a chain of tragic events
Kent’s disguise, Edgar and Edmund’s role reversal
Critics/Context for disruption of natural order leading to chaos
Marilyn French, Race Capet, Divine Right
Link to Oedipus for disruption of natural order leads to chaos
Attempts to escape fate
Examples for the destruction of family ties
Cordelia banished
Goneril and Regan’s cruelty
Gloucester’s blinding
Critics/Contest for destruction of family ties
Charles Hanly
Link to Oedipus for the destruction of family ties
Unwitting destruction of family
Examples for madness mirroring chaos
Lear and Edgar’s madness
The fool’s ‘madness’
Madness mirrors chaos - critics/context
Madness; Charles Hanly
Madness mirrors chaos - link to Oedipus
Oedipus’ temporary madness
Meaninglessness of suffering - examples
The ending
The battle
Gloucester’s suicide attempt
Critics/Context
Nihilistic reading/Jan Kott
