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Agnès Lafont

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Monstrous Hybrids in Shakespeare’s King Lear

2017

ABSTRACT: This article seeks to present the different languages (emblems, Renaissance translations of classical myths, biblical exegesis) that inform the images of monsters which, as hybrid creatures blending human and animal characteristics, serve a dramatic function in Shakespeare’s King Lear . It means to question the ways in which the play links filial ingratitude with female monstrosity and Lear’s madness. Tracing the classical and medieval lineage of the monstrous bestiary (serpent, tiger, vulture) in King Lear and connecting it to emblematic readings of Shakespeare’s time, it explores how Shakespeare provides a dynamic characterisation of Goneril and Regan through their bestialisatio…

EmblemLinguistics and Language[SHS.LITT]Humanities and Social Sciences/LiteratureVisual Arts and Performing ArtsFilologíasmedia_common.quotation_subjectBestiarySerpent (symbolism)Language and Linguistics[SHS.LITT] Humanities and Social Sciences/LiteratureKing Lear:HISTORIA [UNESCO][SHS.CLASS]Humanities and Social Sciences/Classical studiesmedia_commonLiteratureUNESCO::HISTORIACreaturesbusiness.industryCommunicationEmblemThe RenaissanceMythologyArtMythologyFilologías hispánicasHistoria del arte. Artes plásticasFilologías clásicas y antiguasShakespeare William 1564-1616[SHS.CLASS] Humanities and Social Sciences/Classical studiesArteExegesisbusinessHumanitiesDrama
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