Best of the Week: Revolutions

Throughout this week and the weeks before it we've been discussing the concept of revolutions in King Lear. I thought that this was a very revolutionary idea (I apologize for that one) and in my opinion, the best of week. After we had pointed this concept out in class, it became very apparent in Shakespeare's writing. Some of the revolutions that take place in the story involve Edgar and Edmund, Lear and Goneril+Regan and Edmund and Gloucester. Also the idea of fate and fortune that appears in King Lear plays its way into the notion of revolutions as well. Throught the book many characters say "fortune turn thy wheel" or some variation on that. Fortune's wheel frequently makes revolutions in King Lear as people's luck often takes drastic turns for the worse or for the better. I think that this is a really interesting concept to add to one's writing and adds depth in a very poetic way. In King Lear, I think that it really helps to reinforce the revolutions involving medieval and renaissance which is one of the major themes of the story.