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Friday, March 17, 2006

Some thoughts on Cymbeline

Just finished reading Cymbeline, and there is a good chance this is my new favourite Shakespearean Play. The complexity of its plot alone leads me to salivate. There is no clear single catalyst character that drives the plot. Though it could argued that the role is taken by the rather Medea-esque Queen, I would argue that a large portion also comes to lie on Iachimo. There is just such beauty in the complexity of this piece. The Green world as the cave. You really are seeing this balancing the evils of the court life that we see in both England and Rome. This play really builds on the momentum started is Alls Well That Ends Well. Just received Bloom's book, so I'll be doing a little note posting on that bad boy.

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