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T HE T RAGEDY OF K ING L EAR HOWL c A story of a king who loses his kingdom, his humanity and his most beloved daughter

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n Political T R A G E D Y A L L O W S F O R PA RT ICIPAT I O N THE AUDIENCE ASKS QUESTIONS ABOUT POWER , JUSTICE , THE ROLE OF THE STATE AS THE WILL OF THE INDIVIDUAL COMES INTO CONFLICT WITH THE WILL OF THE COMMUNITY

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Order Chaos Catastrophe Exposition CORDELIA DIES POWER, PRIDE AND LEAR DIES CONFIDENCE Structure Anagnorisis Hamartia ENLIGHTENMENT FOOLISHLY AND HUMILITY ABDICATES HIS THRONE Peripeteia Climax CONFLICT BEGGARY AND MADNESS ‘BARE FORKED ANIMAL’ LEAR’S HUMILIATION

I N T E R A C T I V E S E G M E N T W E C O U L D B E H E R O E S P A G E F O U R

Create or INTERACTIVE SEGMENT pick a o r e H PAIR DISCUSSION DECIDE ON A ‘HEROIC’ CHARACTER OR CREATE YOUR OWN TRAGIC HERO (HINT: USE A FRIEND AS INSPIRATION). IDENTIFY OR INVENT 1. MY HERO - NOBLE STATURE 2. HAMARTIA - TRAGIC FLAW 3. CATASTROPHE - TRAGIC OUTCOME NOTE TO SELF THERE ARE STRICT ACADEMIC UNDERPINNINGS TO THIS OTHERWISE SILLY ACTIVITY

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Joe O U R T R A G I C H E R O I S keller A C O M M O N M A N AN EVERYMAN FIGURE AN ‘UNEDUCATED MAN’ WITH ONLY ‘PEASANT-LIKE COMMON SENSE’ AN ACCIDENTAL ‘KILLER’ WHO SACRIFICED HIS PARTNER AND 21 INNOCENT LIVES TO PRESERVE HIS BUSINESS AND HIS FAMILY

Act One Exposition SETTING: ORDER & PROSPERITY ‘TIGHT AND COMFORTABLE’ HOUSE, ‘FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS’ KELLER AS OLD-FASHIONED FAMILY MAN ‘A MAN AMONG MEN’,‘OF STOLID MIND AND BUILD’, ‘JOE MCGUTS’, ‘BUSINESS MAN’ PRIDE AND BLINDNESS ‘BEST SHOPS’, ‘BIGGER THAN EVER’, ‘RESPECTED MAN’, ‘ACOMPLISHMENT’

Act Two Climax CONFRONTATION BETWEEN FATHER AND SON ‘I WAS DYING EVERY DAY AND YOU WERE KILLING MY BOYS’ ‘WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU? YOU’RE NOT EVEN AN ANIMAL’ AN ACT OF VIOLENCE, THEN ESTRANGEMENT ‘WITH HIS FIST HE POUNDS DOWN UPON HIS FATHER’S SHOULDER…’ ‘CHRIS, MY CHRIS…’

Catastrophe Act Three HE RECOGNISES HIS DUTY ‘TO HIM THEY WERE ALL MY SONS’ HE LOSES BOTH HIS SONS LARRY IS DEAD AND CHRIS WANTS HIM TO GO TO JAIL HE IS DRIVEN TO SUICIDE A SHOT IS HEARD IN THE HOUSE. THEY STAND FROZEN FOR A BRIEF SECOND

Tragedy Common Man Of The EFFECTS ON THE AUDIENCE WE SYMPATHISE WITH THE TRAGIC HERO WE QUESTION OUR OWN VALUES AND ACTIONS WE LEARN FROM THE HERO’S FAILURE

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