comics 200e: page 39

Monday, September 27, 2010

page 39

Golden apples. A golden fleece. The golden bough.

A Midas touch.

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Carole HanksSeptember 28, 2010 at 8:22 AM
comment from Dixy

Lookout! said Jason
when the Bough broke
I'm off
the gold standard
-- precipitating a panic
between frames
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nhanksSeptember 29, 2010 at 7:38 PM
Free and happy--or are we?!
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Smoke and Shadows

The Story...

begins with a Cast of Characters, wanderers, ghosts, a mad king... the varieties of human nature.

Act I.

"King Lear": an old story about the head of a household whose life unfolds into tragedy.

Act II.

The sub-text of King Lear, the causes of the troubles: the seven deadly sins, and an additional three.

Act III.

The sub-sub-text of King Lear: the structure underneath the deadly sins: mythologies and stories, the explanations of the world, the essential tales.

Epilogue:

Everything explains everything; this is the code underneath the drama. "King Lear" is any story which belongs to 'anyman', only the time, place, sequence and events change in order to include all players. The subterranean texts remain, undisturbed. The narrative ends.