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lareinenoire

30 Days of Shakespeare, Day 3

Jul 22, 2010 14:15

Day #3: Your favourite hero

( Wherein, after more dithering and referencing of other people's far more eloquent posts on the subject that is in any way necessary, we end with the Moor of Venice. )

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Comments 6

likeadeuce July 22 2010, 21:00:13 UTC

Well said!

I'm wondering if anybody has a favorite hero from a comedy?

fuunsaiki July 22 2010, 21:26:27 UTC

I'm going to, but that's because I know I'll confuse myself for days if I think *too* deeply about how protagonist =/= (necessarily) hero, and the rather safe answer I came up with satisfies me enough that I don't really mind how safe it is. :3 You can start guessing if you care that much, or you can wait until tomorrow for confirmation. :3

angevin2 July 23 2010, 02:05:19 UTC

I saw one post about Benedick, yeah...

bewarethespork July 23 2010, 08:18:37 UTC

My favourite - and given that I haven't read all that many plays, nor do I study Shakespeare for a living (sadly!), this is probably a strange answer or something, I don't know - is Kent/Caius from King Lear. I'm not sure if he counts as a hero, though.

lareinenoire July 26 2010, 19:09:30 UTC

Oh, I think Kent/Caius qualifies, in much the same way Edgar does. The only difference is that you don't get as much of an arc with Kent as you do with Edgar, and one of the implications I've always read into the word 'hero' is that there should be some kind of arc involved.

bewarethespork July 27 2010, 04:07:38 UTC

You're making me want to re-read it so that I can properly appreciate all the characters' various arcs again! I haven't read or seen the play in such a long time, which is a shame, because I really do love it.