If you haven't noticed, we spent a great deal of time overanalyzing the opening speeches of our King Lear characters today and seeking out the characters that rhyme, the enjambment, the caesura, the fluctuating iambic pentameter, the birth order behaviors, the id and its ugly effusiveness, the displacement, the opening sight/blindness motif (probably important later), and Edmund's soliloquy. With that in mind, you know exactly what you need to look for to finish Act I for next class.
2: We finished up our "Daddy" psychoanalysis with the last conceit and the psychological impact of realizing that your paramour happens to have the same "black heart" as your father. Oops. We then moved into our opening scene, the set up of status, parent and children relationships, and the background of the plot all via Gloucester, Kent, and that guy hanging out in the corner, Edmund. Ever think he was practicing his later soliloquy during this time? Then, we broke down all our major character's speeches for structure, psychology, and literary elements. Our last moments looked at Edmund's actual soliloquy and all the techniques inherently involved in creating the doubts of the bastard, the ills of society's judgment, and the eventual switch to a displaced vengeance.
4: We have done all of the above for second hour and finished 1.2 as well - looking at poor Edgar's role in his brother Edmund's plot. How fun that Edmund actually joined the rhyming club for one couplet - although, I think we agree he is trying to be the "good guy" in his verbal gymnastics. That's probably why he can't stick to iambic pentameter for very long.
7: We started off with MC Passage 2 to practice previewing the questions prior to the close reading. Ultimately, it is up to your personal preference whether your question or close read first. Afterwards, we worked our way through 1.1 (as noted in previous hours) and will be overanalyzing Edmund's soliloquy to start off next class.
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