on sitting down to read king lear once again Flashcards
‘golden-tongued romance’
good speaker
enticing
‘serene lute’
shakespeare’s work has alluring qualities
‘queen of far away’
transported to the world of imagination
‘leave melodising on this wintry day’
ugly truth king lear reveals
doesn’t want to experience that today
‘shut up thine olden pages, and be mute:’
too depressing to contemplate
knows it’s true
‘fierce dispute’
clash between ideas and emotion
‘betwixt damnation and impassion’d clay’
trying to fight against fate
‘must i burn through’
we experience art
‘bitter sweet’
the truth is sometimes hard to take
‘fruit’
healthy and nourishing
power of art
‘begetters of our deep eternal theme’
deep conflict that’s always in us
‘let me not wander in a barren dream’
let them not leave me directionless
helpless
‘phoenix wings to fly at my desire’
even though the truth is bitter, it is part of human experience
re experience things
structure
shakespearean sonnet - reflects devotion to shakespeare
volta - reaffirming against melancholy
headlines
the power of art
the truth is often bitter sweet
the great tragedies of literature speak to the enduring human condition
humankind is often blissfully ignorant
art cannot be repressed from revealing the truth
it is human nature to seek answers
the impact that art can have on the soul
the transcendent quality of art
the eternal battle humans have with themselves
