“Often journey’s take us to a place that is not on any map.” What is Journey, and how does it impact individuals? Good morning year 11. Today I will be speaking to you about the way Journey can be interpreted, and the various ways it is depicted timelessly throughout texts. The statement is authentic as Journeys like change are often inevitable and acting as a catalyst; they challenge the perspective of individuals and culminate in the enrichment of one’s intellectual understanding of the world. This has been effectively portrayed thoroughly in the Shakespearean tragedy of King Lear and the 1994 movie, With Honours through the characters of Lear and Monty with the use of stylistic features. Although the characters are from diverging eras,
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This is depicted at the beginning as Lear planned to divide the kingdom between the daughters by the quantity of declared love for him. Unlike the meaningless speeches of Regan and Goneril, Cordelia refuses to lie to her father and is consequently banished out of the kingdom. Emotive language is used in the quote, “ I disclaim all my paternal care, propinquity and property of blood.” Conveying the hurtfulness and enrage of Lear rather than appreciating Cordelia’s honesty. This is the initial action that sparked his journey. Lear’s daughters mistreat him and strip him of his powers, sending him out into the thunderstorm without care and even planning to murder him. This is depicted through the effective use of pathetic fallacy especially in the quote, “Rage, Blow you cataracts and hurricanoes”. Highlighting Lear’s wrath in similarity to the physical thunderstorm. Consequently towards the end, Lear finally reunites with Cordelia and is clearly a changed man as he begs for forgiveness, “Pray you now, forget and forgive. I am old and foolish”. Alliteration of the F and o effectively attracts the attention of the audience to perceive the dramatic change of Lear from egotism into
This is depicted at the beginning as Lear planned to divide the kingdom between the daughters by the quantity of declared love for him. Unlike the meaningless speeches of Regan and Goneril, Cordelia refuses to lie to her father and is consequently banished out of the kingdom. Emotive language is used in the quote, “ I disclaim all my paternal care, propinquity and property of blood.” Conveying the hurtfulness and enrage of Lear rather than appreciating Cordelia’s honesty. This is the initial action that sparked his journey. Lear’s daughters mistreat him and strip him of his powers, sending him out into the thunderstorm without care and even planning to murder him. This is depicted through the effective use of pathetic fallacy especially in the quote, “Rage, Blow you cataracts and hurricanoes”. Highlighting Lear’s wrath in similarity to the physical thunderstorm. Consequently towards the end, Lear finally reunites with Cordelia and is clearly a changed man as he begs for forgiveness, “Pray you now, forget and forgive. I am old and foolish”. Alliteration of the F and o effectively attracts the attention of the audience to perceive the dramatic change of Lear from egotism into