GRGR (3): Pointsman and King Lear

[keith woodward]

Pointsman's dog, Gloucester (52), perhaps recalls (by virtue of naming)
*King Lear* (Weisenberger probably mentions this...I don't have it with me
here at work...)  I'm not certain, however, how a connection between
Pointsman and Lear plays itself out within the remaninder of the novel...?
Pointsman does, though, feel the generational gap between himself and
Mexico (56), which serves as a potential thematic link between GR and *King
Lear*.  Lear's problem with the generational gap in the play centers around
his daughters, but nonetheless, there is the sense in both that the world
is falling into corruption/decay.

Perhaps someone can help out here, it still seems very loose for the
remainder of the text.  Although it is arguably Pointsman's obsession (his
madness) that will lead to his own fall, I can't recall any other solid
Lear connections.  Is Pynchon perhaps making a singular connection here in
order to signal a madness that might be situated within Pointsman's method?

Keith W