tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36592052.post870658925093862332..comments2023-10-26T20:40:47.532+11:00Comments on opɯdʒɯlɯklɑr: Summer Glau's Uncanny Valleyopoudjishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02106433476518749382noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36592052.post-6526697349488599422010-03-23T09:03:33.994+11:002010-03-23T09:03:33.994+11:00Sorry for the ultra-delayed response, but I too am...Sorry for the ultra-delayed response, but I too am in avoidance mode and I missed this before.<br /><br />A tragic flaw isn't necessarily <i>inside</i> the tragic character at all: it can be just a matter of being a strong character in an exposed position, like Cordelia in <i>Lear</i>. She hasn't done anything wrong, nor is she morally deficient in any way — quite the contrary. But she dies anyway.<br /><br />Since then, of course, we see such deaths as either pathos (Little Nell) or irony (any number of modern novels, plays, and films) or both (Princess Diana). But to Shakespeare and his lot, Cordelia's death is the fall of a <i>princess</i>, the real thing, and more important for her status than for personal details about her.John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36592052.post-44094737516338412142009-09-30T14:19:06.102+10:002009-09-30T14:19:06.102+10:00Hey N., have you taken a look at Mackridge's L...Hey N., have you taken a look at Mackridge's Language and National Identiy in Greece, 1766-1976 yet?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com