King Lear (abridged)

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King Lear (abridged)

February 11, 2025 by Wrong Hands

Posted in Cartoon | Tagged Abridged, Book Summaries, Books, Humor, John Atkinson, King Lear, Literature, Plays, Politics, Reading, Shakespeare, Theatre, Webcomic, Wrong Hands | 8 Comments

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on February 11, 2025 at 9:53 am | Reply Almost Iowa

Yeah, so what? How about the worst part of the story? The poor, bitter and hopelessly entitled college freshmen who are forced to write a paper in class on this WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF AI ON THEIR PHONES!!!

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on February 11, 2025 at 10:53 am | Reply Calmgrove

Oops indeed. But then, we know from current world affairs that having a senile ruler in charge of a country is not ever going to turn out well.

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on February 12, 2025 at 6:37 am | Reply Anonymous

🤨😪 Right up there with “Rosebud”.
A cautionary tale indeed.

Clearly doesn’t resonnates with young, entitled scholars unless experienced similar injustices.

Self-reflection is a hard thing, best not left to the grave.

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on February 12, 2025 at 6:37 am | Reply Anonymous

🤨😪 Right up there with “Rosebud”.
A cautionary tale indeed.

Clearly doesn’t resonnates with young, entitled scholars unless experienced similar injustices.

Self-reflection is a hard thing, best not left to the grave.

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on February 12, 2025 at 5:06 pm | Reply Anonymous

😏😒😪 Harmartia, Hubris, Peripetieia, Anagnorisis, Nemesis, and finally Catharsis.

Oops, too late.

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on February 12, 2025 at 7:15 pm | Reply Mr. Ohh's Sideways View

He didn’t go mad. He was mad at the very beginning. 🤣😎🙃

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on February 13, 2025 at 12:00 am | Reply Anonymous

😂🧐Tragedy-splaining?!

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on February 13, 2025 at 10:46 pm | Reply Anonymous

The grave’s a fine and private place

But none I know do there embrace.

Apologies to Andrew Marvell

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