Sunday, October 21, 2007

Comment on ‘I stumbled as I saw’ by Wong Soon Mun

The line ‘I stumbled as I saw’ is a very ironical phrase indeed. Gloucester only manages to ‘see’ the truth about his illegitimate son Edmund after he is blind. As I said earlier, the term sight and blindness is injected beautifully in this play.

Yes, I agree with Wong Soon Mun that his "disability to have insight" has led him to make terrible decision that has brought destructions into his own life. Gloucester is morally blind, and is unaware of what is actually happening around him. He is unable to see the reality. He is also ‘blinded’ by Edmund’s words, thus, trusting him in all the things that he said.

As what Wong Soon Mun said, this phrase should be a very good reminder for all of us because it depicts real life situation. We should not perceive anything only on its face value. We should be able to differentiate between the good and evil, and do not just use the eyes to see, we should also make use of our mind, heart, knowledge and experience in order to see…

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