| What is King Lear’s Tragic Flaw? | Excessive pride and arrogance (Hubris) |
| Who created the idea of a tragic hero? | Aristotle |
| Lear’s fortune turns from good to bad when he leaves Regan and Goneril. What part of the tragic hero’s path is this? | Peripeteia |
| What is the poetic justice (ideal justice, bad characters are punished, good characters are rewarded) of a tragic hero’s path? | Nemesis |
| How does Kent express Catharsis (his release of emotions)? | He kills himself |
King Lear as a Tragic Hero presentation questions
July 6, 2019