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Animal imagery
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I am comparing King Lear, Lear and A Thousand Acres. All three make frequent references to animals / animals suffering and include a great deal of animal imagery. Does anyone know the significance of this? TIA
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The animal imagery in King Lear is always used in derogatory terms to indicate the unnaturalness of a character‘s behaviour in comparison to how they should behave if they observed the natural social order.
http://www.shakespear...s/learandnature2.html
http://www.shakespear...s/learandnature2.html
I expect you're aware that one story is based on the other?
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