"When the mind's free,

The body's delicate. This tempest in my mind

Doth from my senses take all feeling else

Save what beats there." (3.4.13-17)

I think the lines are about worries and when the mind is free from worry it is easily broken, but when it is overcome with a worry, it is so consumed with that that it becomes bold. And that boldness creates the person. This passage relates to the play because different characters are overcome with differing troubles and worries and we see the true character come out when they are dealing with them. I personally, agree with this statement because a person becomes fully transparent when they are weak and when they are delicate we see the beauty of the mind because it isn't being taken over by worries and fears. 

Motifs! Journal #3

I am tracking the relationships between those of different social groups and how those of different social groups treat others/each other.


1) Fool: "Then, I prithee, be merry; thy wit shall not go slipshod." Lear: "Ha Ha Ha!"


This shows the relationship between the Fool and Lear. Even thought the Fool is of a lower class, he is able to joke in a harsh manner and the King just laughs, rather than getting angry.


2) Lear: "Do you bandy looks with me, you rascal?" [Lear strikes him]
Oswald: "I'll not be strucken, my lord."


This shows the relationship between the King and someone of a lower social group. The King does not have trouble striking him which shows what he thinks of the lower group, yet Oswald stands up for himself, showing his pride.


I am doing alright tracking this, yet I am not finding true evidence over my topic and how the different social groups treat each other. I guess I will continue searching and analyzing.

Character Of The Fool..Journal #2

The fool is a very smart-alic character. He is extremely sarcastic and makes jokes with/about the King. He is witty and his attitude shows that he is very comfortable with himself. He doesn't really care what the King thinks of him, as the others do, and for that the King has a sort of respect towards him. He's always around to put his two cents into every situation. None of the other characters pay much attention to him because they don't always understand what he is talking about. However, he seems to get a laugh out of his strange analogies and poems.

King Lear-Journal 1

Prompt two


In Act I Scene I of King Lear, we witness Lear's power to an extreme when he asks his daughters to express their love for him. This shows that he is in demand to be loved and it means so much to him, he is willing to ask for it. King Lear needs to know how much he is loved because he has self doubt. When two of his daughters go over the top to flatter their father, the King is perfectly content. But once Cordelia steps up and tells her absolute true feelings, the King could not be more angry or embarrassed. A King should be shown full respect, and to some people (as it did, his daughters) respect means giving him what he wanted to hear. Since the King has such control over his people, he covers his insecurity with power, and banishes Kent while disowning his own truthful daughter, Cordelia. This shows that power overrides love because as King Lear disowned his daughter out of power and authority, his own daughter was truly showing her love for him when she spoke the truth, rather than flattering him.