PPT-Allegory in King Lear

By Christina Jasmine James Sabahat and Jody What is Allegory A story picture or play employing representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters figures or events in narrative dramatic or pictorial form. . King Lear. Harold Bloom. “You could remove the Fool and Horatio and not alter much in the way of plot structures, but you would remove out surrogates from these plays, for the Fool and Horatio are the true voices of our feeling.” . .. In some types of Allegories, the characters and setting represent . abstract. ideas of moral qualities. .. In other types, characters and situations stand for historical figures and events.. Allegory. quarto- 1608. Folio – 1623- one of 33 plays. The Tempest . – Epilogue to Act V. EPILOGUE. SPOKEN BY PROSPERO. Now my charms are all . o'erthrown. ,. And what strength I have's mine own,. Which is most faint: now, 'tis true,. His life, and his work….. About his life. Shakespeare was baptized on April 26, 1564 and it is assumed that he was born on April 23, 1564. We also know that in 1582 at age eighteen, Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway, an older women who was twenty six at the time. Shakespeare left Stratford for London to make his fortune roughly fours years later.. We now experience the full force of Lear’s madness. These next 126 lines are among the most emotionally powerful and conceptually challenging in all of Shakespeare’s plays, for the insanity has a strange kind of internal logic. Mixed in with the madness there are statements of great wisdom, born of suffering, and moments of real poignancy as the two battered old men recognize each other and reach out for companionship. . Mrs. . DiLauro. ALLEGORIES. Are types of stories in which the author uses symbols to tell a story in order to get us to interpret how it applies to real life. . RELIGIOUS. David and Goliath. CULTURAL. By William Shakespeare. IV.i. . The heath. Enter EDGAR. . EDGAR. . Yet better thus, and known to be . contemn'd. ,. Than still . contemn'd. and . flatter'd. . To be worst,. The lowest and most dejected thing of fortune,. Motif. An element that recurs in a narrative or drama that has symbolic significance. Can be an image, phrase, act, word, sound or idea. A work can have more than one motif. Motifs tend to be concrete, while theme tends to be abstract. ENG 3UI . Literary Terms. describe . types of . stories . used . throughout literary history and describe many famous . works. may . be told in prose or in . verse . An . individual story may fall under one or multiple combinations of these . Kaelyn Tharp, Matteo Macaluso, and Nick Shealy. Symbolism.  A symbol is defined as something that means more than what it is. (Ex. A dove symbolizes peace). Matteo Macaluso. Characteristics of Symbols. Making connections to . King . lear. Margaret Atwood. Canadian. Multi-talented. Morning in the Burned House. Father’s death. A. ging, mortality. “King Lear in Respite Care” Motif Activity. Listen to the poem as a class. What Symbols Stand For. A . symbol. is often an ordinary object, event, person, or animal to which we have attached extraordinary meaning and significance.. Flags. We use a rectangle of dyed cloth to symbolize a country.. See if you can explain what the following symbols mean:. A symbol is often an event, object, person or animal to which an extraordinary meaning or significance has been attached.. Symbols can be inherited or invented. . Write Down The 2 That Make The Most Sense To You. A. story in which people, things, and happenings have a hidden or symbolic meaning: allegories are used for teaching or explaining ideas, moral principles, etc. .