07.24.08
Book Review: King Lear, by William Shakespeare
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Assalamu Alaikum,
…Now that I look at the title, it should be a “Play” review, but… you get the point.
I have been re-reading some passages of King Lear on the internet (I do not own it, but I REALLY WANT to) and I remembered reading that play. Okay, to the real review
King Lear, by William Shakespeare
This play is known as one of the four great tragedies of Shakespeare’s works and for a good reason too. I have read the other three, Hamlet, Macbeth, and Othello, and I honestly think that King Lear sweeps them all, even Hamlet. Hamlet has a high literary quality that I cannot deny, but the thematic issues and the character relationships and the plot of King Lear just warps the reader into a whole other world. Read the rest of this entry »
King Lear Quotes!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Assalamu Alaikum,
How do I state this? I. LOVE. KING. LEAR. AMAZING PLAY. The one Shakespeare tragedy that actually made me cry.
Anyway, enough sappiness. This is a small culmination of King Lear quotes. Don’t understand them? Post a comment. ***SPOILER WARNING***
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He’s mad, that trusts in the tameness of a wolf, a horse’s health, a boy’s love, or a wh*re’s oath.
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Wisdom and goodness to the vile seem vile:
Filths savour but themselves. King Lear. Read the rest of this entry »
Dearest Amina >=D
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Assalamu Alaikum,
I do not know if I am posting this because my mind does weird things three in the morning, but I cannot help but laugh whenever I read this because I feel like Amina is actually meeting the main character, Locke, from my book. Anyway, if you do not understand what I am talking about, I am writing a book a book in which I include a character that is very similar to a friend of mine with her name. Amina, this passage is for you, but the other scenes with Amina in the book are not exactly like you:
…He released the dead vine from his hand outside the window and the crumpled leaves drifted slowly to the ground, “Was this fate? Fate that we met and departed? Fate we swore against the war and now part of it? Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony.” Read the rest of this entry »
