Calvin Kline, And Shakespeare; The Conspiracy

Title	Calvin Kline, And Shakespeare; The Conspiracy
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Calvin Kline, and Shakespeare; The Conspiracy.

     Nakedness and dress in Shakespeare's King Lear, represented the status of a character.
Many scenes use clothing to show one characters dominance over another.  The more opulent
the clothing, the higher the status, or the lack of clothing, the lower the status.   A few characters
go through many wardrobes.  Lear and Edgar, both start the beginning of the play wearing
expensive, luxurious clothing, but each at different times wear less glorious clothing or even no
clothing at all.

     Lear who is the most powerful and authoritive character in the beginning of the play, is
also the best outfitted.  Lear during the play, soils his clothing in storms, heaths, battles, and
other harsh elements.  At the same time that his garments are lessening in value, so is his level of
power and status.  Lear finds the bottom of the abyss he enters when he, a fool, a beggar, and a
madman have taken shelter in a hut from a storm.  For Lear to be in the company such as this,
his status is near nothing.  In order to show this degeneration from high to low, Lear strips off all
his clothing, showing he is now at the very bottom of the social order.  To have some clothes is
to be someone, to have none is to be nobody.

     Edgar, legitimate son to the Earl of Gloucester, is well dressed, not as much as Lear, but
still above commoners.  Edgar is believed to be plotting to annihilate his own father.  So every
one is after someone named "Edgar", who is a well dressed noble.  In order to protect himself,
Edgar becomes no one.  He becomes nobody by shedding his noble garments, and disguises
himself by, "My face I'll grime with filth,/ Blanket my loins, elf all my hair in knots,/ And with
presented nakedness outface..."  Now Edgar is nobody, and there is nobody looking for nob...This is ONLY a preview of the article. If you would like to view the entire document, you must subscribe to Electronic References. Please register below now!

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