Notes on King Hedley II, Week 8
Greek tragedy themes in King Hedley II.
A few things caught my interest in King Hedley II. First of all the Greek Chorus that Wilson has Stool Pigeon provide in the opening of the play (and in fact, throughout the play). From Wikipedia:
Greek choruses sometimes had a leader known as the coryphaeus. He sometimes came first to introduce the chorus, and some…
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