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Kate Bennis's avatar

So much to think about here! Absolute power corrupts... I'll think about this as we move into performances of Queen Lear. (And here I just thought Shakespeare didn't know how to finish his tragedies so at about 3 hours, everyone dies or gets killed!)

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Brian Thomas's avatar

That was the rationale for writing: So that people understand that it never ends well for them. Odysseus. Creon. Even the current King Charles III. Even extending the metaphor. Elvis. MJ. Etc. All doomed.

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