| King Lear | selfish, loves absolute power and being flattered |
| Goneril | daughter of Lear, wife of Albany, oldest daughter who is ruthless |
| Regan | second oldest child of Lear, married to Cornwall |
| Cordelia | youngest child of Lear who is honest and gets banished, marries France, |
| Oswald | servant of Goneril |
| Fool | funny servant of Lear |
| Kent | used to be a servant until he was banished |
| Earl of Gloucester | has two sons (eyes get ripped out) |
| Edgar | oldest child of Gloucester who is good, has to leave |
| Edmund | youngest child of Gloucester whois bad, plots against his brother |
| Who is the first to die? | First Servant (killed by Cornwall) |
| Who is the second to die? | Duke of Cornwall (injured by first servant) |
| who says: Which of you shall we say doth love us most? | King Lear |
| who says: I love you more than word can wield the matter? (AND) A little disquantity your train. | Goneril |
| who says: she is a dowry herself? | France |
| who says: counsel, ride, run, mar a curious tale in telling it, and deliver a plain message bluntly? | Kent |
| define nuncle | mine uncle |
| who says: I have used it, nuncle, e’er since thou maddest thy daughters thy mothers? | Fool |
| who says: What, fifty of my followers at a clap? Within a fortnight? | King lear |
| define fornight | two weeks |
| who says: I did her wrong? | King Lear (regrets banishing Cordelia) |
| who says: Persuade me to the murder of your lordship? | Edmund |
| who says: O madam, my old heart is cracked; it’s cracked? | Gloucester |
| who says: my face will grime with filth? | Edgar |
| What is Edgar’s new identity? | New Tom |
| what is symbolic for death? | winter |
| what is king lear’s relationship with cordelia? | she was the favorite between the sisters, but he kicks her out because she said she only loved him like a father; then later he regrets banishing her |
| what is king lear’s relationship with regan? | she lies on how much she loves him; once king lear hands over the land, she is rude to him |
| what is king lear’s relationship with goneril? | she lies on how much she loves him; once king lear gives her a portion of the land, she is disrespectful to him |
| What is the relationship with Gloucester, Edgar and Edmund? | gloucester is the father of the two; edgar is the oldest; edmund is jealous of edgar, so he tricks him and tells him to run away; now edgar is forced to have a new identity “New Tom” |
| What are the themes of the book? | – justice – authority versus chaos- redemption- reconciliation-selfishness |
| what is the setting of the book? | England |
| What is the type of play? | tragedy |
| shakespeare’s life span: | 1564-1616 |
| what was shakespeare company called? | the chamberlain’s men and the king’s men |
| what was shakespeare’s theater called? | the globe |
| where was shakespeare buried? | stratford-upon-avon |
| what is symbolic for superstition, good/bad luck? | the wheel of fortune |
| how is the blinding of gloucester a metaphor? | he couldn’t see Edmund’s betrayal and now he literally can’t see |
| pun | play on words |
| anachronism | the act of putting a person, thing, or event in some time where it does not belong |
| anomaly | irregularity, something abnormal |
| soliloquy | when a character in a play utters his/her thoughts aloud |
| dramatic irony | the audience knows something that the character(s) do not |
| tragedy | play in which the main character suffers a downfall |
| tragic hero | noble or lofty character whose downfall is the result of errors in his own judgement |
| tragic flaw | weakness or character trait that cause the downfall |
| apostrophe | figure of speech in which something inanimate or intangible is addressed directly |
| aside | an actor’s words heard by the audience but supposedly not heard by other characters on the stage |
| KENT | advisor to King Lear that was banished for telling Lear the truth, comes back in disguise as a servant |
| what happened to Cordelia? | she was banished and her dowry dropped but France still married her and they live in dover together |
| DETAILS OF ACT 3: | – gloucesters eyes are taken from him by Cornwall- 1st servant tries to tell Cornwall to stop, so 1st seravnt & Cornwall fight, servant dies and cornwall is injured- Edgar is “New Tom”- Lear says edgar is a philosopher- Kent comes to tell Lear to rest bc he thinks that it will help him think more clearly-Lear goes crazy |
English King Lear test # 1
July 31, 2019