King Lear

My endeavor for Christmas break, besides mailing off the last of my grad applications (hooray!), is to read Shakespeare's King Lear. I bought an old set of four books of The Comedies and Tragedies of Shakespeare last year and am excited to finally have a chance to start reading them. I feel like a more well rounded person when I can read some old literature and pull my head out of my biology texts. King Lear is definitely my favorite tragedy (Romeo and Juliet is far too sappy for my taste). It is a great story of honesty and betrayal. Much to the disappointment of my parents I adhere to the philosophy that plays were written to be spoken. Therefore they suffer as I wander around the house reading Shakespeare aloud. I'm determined to culture them along with me, but they would rather have the cliff notes version. When I was forced to read Shakespearian lit in high school this website helped to get me through: Absolute Shakespeare. I'll post more on my thoughts regarding the play once I'm finished.