For this month’s classic club, we will dive deep into vision, madness, destiny & revelation in two of the most canonical plays ever.
Our call will cover
King Lear by Shakespeare
Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
Ran by Akira Kurosawa
In this call, I don’t want us to focus on the plot or characterization of the stories for too long but rather to examine how Shakespeare, Sophocles, and Kurosawa image pattern
Eyes
Vision
Revelation
Light
Darkness
Throughout your reading, observe how the authors/director build on and repeat the themes/images up until the penultimate moment of each piece.
This will serve as an exercise for us to examine how the best authors in the world prime us so the climax feels even more immense.
I would still encourage you to join if you can’t make the calls because you can
Watch the recorded calls, which will be posted below
Chat with me in Substack messages about the book and have any questions answered.
