https://padlet.com/caitlin_chambers/2jfl5jv2a5yb en-us 2017-03-06 15:11:00 UTC 2017-03-08 15:43:13 UTC hello@padlet.com caitlin_chambers https://padlet.com/caitlin_chambers/2jfl5jv2a5yb/wish/158050909 The Blindness affecting Gloucester is a symbol for the metaphorical blindness that is affecting both Gloucester and King Lear. ]]> 2017-03-06 15:19:12 UTC https://padlet.com/caitlin_chambers/2jfl5jv2a5yb/wish/158050909 caitlin_chambers https://padlet.com/caitlin_chambers/2jfl5jv2a5yb/wish/158053242 In Act 1, King Lear orders Cordelia to get "out of his sight."  
Gloucester is literally blind because he has no eyes. ]]> 2017-03-06 15:24:31 UTC https://padlet.com/caitlin_chambers/2jfl5jv2a5yb/wish/158053242 caitlin_chambers https://padlet.com/caitlin_chambers/2jfl5jv2a5yb/wish/158054713 When Gloucester got his first eye plucked out, I was like "wow that's pretty brutal." But then, he had his other eye gouged out and I realized that it probably happened to convey something deeper. In this case, it was meant to show how Lear is not seeing his daughters in the right sense. ]]> 2017-03-06 15:27:43 UTC https://padlet.com/caitlin_chambers/2jfl5jv2a5yb/wish/158054713 caitlin_chambers https://padlet.com/caitlin_chambers/2jfl5jv2a5yb/wish/158056334 References to sight and vision are made constantly throughout the play. The other characters see Gloucester's blindness as gross and scary.]]> 2017-03-06 15:31:17 UTC https://padlet.com/caitlin_chambers/2jfl5jv2a5yb/wish/158056334 caitlin_chambers https://padlet.com/caitlin_chambers/2jfl5jv2a5yb/wish/158058025 This symbol connects to the fact that blind people are everywhere. People live with blindness every day. (Maybe not in the way Gloucester does). Metaphorically speaking, however; misconceptions happen every day. ]]> 2017-03-06 15:35:11 UTC https://padlet.com/caitlin_chambers/2jfl5jv2a5yb/wish/158058025 caitlin_chambers https://padlet.com/caitlin_chambers/2jfl5jv2a5yb/wish/158059107 Oblivion.
People can be oblivious.
Oblivion is a dangerous thing that leads to assumptions and misconceptions. ]]> 2017-03-06 15:37:58 UTC https://padlet.com/caitlin_chambers/2jfl5jv2a5yb/wish/158059107 caitlin_chambers https://padlet.com/caitlin_chambers/2jfl5jv2a5yb/wish/158696268 When I first mentioned that the blindness represented something deeper than rage, they were confused. But as I explained, they understood that it represented a lost soul that feels alone.]]> 2017-03-08 15:40:35 UTC https://padlet.com/caitlin_chambers/2jfl5jv2a5yb/wish/158696268 caitlin_chambers https://padlet.com/caitlin_chambers/2jfl5jv2a5yb/wish/158696339 Are there any other symbols? 
Any predictions for the plot?
Who will Edmund choose?]]> 2017-03-08 15:40:44 UTC https://padlet.com/caitlin_chambers/2jfl5jv2a5yb/wish/158696339