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LEVI KOENIG: A Contemporary King Lear (Family Drama)
Dorothea Shefer-Vanson
ASIN: B00YA5G7MQ
Publisher: Amazon.com Services LLC
Pages: 223

A Universal DilemmaThe Eskimos leave their old people out on the ice to die when they are no longer able to contribute to society. What is the best course to take when dealing with an elderly parent in modern Western society? The dilemma confronting the three grown-up daughters of Levi Koenig is not an unusual one. Should he be placed in sheltered accommodation, encouraged to live with one or another of his 'girls,’ or enabled to stay in his own home with a live-in carer?This situation is not new. Back in the seventeenth century Shakespeare tackled it in his play, King Lear. But was he simply being misogynistic when he depicted two of King Lear’s daughters as grasping, conniving harpies and the third as goodness incarnate? And was King Lear the poor, exploited old man that Shakespeare portrays or really a calculating arch-manipulator? Some aspects of Levi Koenig’s three daughters ...
Amazon Rating:
3.5 stars from 52 ratings