A review by tumblyhome_caroline
King Lear by William Shakespeare

5.0

Absolutely tremendous! I read this play really quite slowly, being fairly new to Shakespeare it take me a little while to completely understand the language. Sometimes I had to reread sections a few times and out loud before the meaning revealed itself. The same with the whole story really…after I had finished reading it I just kept thinking about it all and had so many thoughts, questions and light bulb moments. The themes ( aging, what we see or choose to see, self examination, madness and our often tenuous grip on sanity..so much more) are so relevant today. I think this really matures in the mind after reading it, what seems like a slightly bonkers story becomes a deep mirror on the soul of humanity.
Some of the sections are so beautifully poetic and sound gorgeous when read aloud.