King Lear on Ash Wednesday
| I recommend teaching King Lear on Ash Wednesday. Me: "What is Ash Wednesday about?" Smart Catholic Student: "Dust thou art and to dust thou shalt return." Me: "Right, today is the day when the church tells you"--pausing a little for a little dramatic effect and looking meaningfully across the room--"you are all going to die. You are all going to return to nothing...or at least to dust. So, with that in mind, what does it mean to 'know' 'nothing' in Lear?" |
by Simplicius @ 1:24 PM
At 3/02/2006 03:09:00 PM,
Hieronimo wrote…
Nice.
Almost as good as Edward Taylor's essay about nothing in King Lear.
At 3/02/2006 03:15:00 PM,
Simplicius wrote…
Ah, yes, I seem to remember assigning an essay by some chap named Tayler. But who is this Taylor you speak of?
At 3/02/2006 03:36:00 PM,
Hieronimo wrote…
blah blah blah
Scribble some marginalia
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