1. The Disguise in King Lear
Whiles I may'scape/ I will preserve my self... (2.3.3-6). ... Rosalind decides to cross-dress: ...Because that I am more than common tall/ That I did suit me all pointes like a man?... / Beauty provoketh thieves sooner than gold. ...I'll put myself in poor an mean attire... ... As as aristocratic woman, she appears in the play in "poor and mean attire" (1.3.109). ... In line 132, Lear uses the pronoun "I" with relation to power : "...I do invest you jointly with my power......
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- Approx Pages: 13
- Grade Level: High School