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L,IANW,EISAFAF-FS (Regan) Lady, I am not well, else I should answer from a full-flowing stomach TWHCFC;IAH (Edmund) The wheel has come full circle; I am here HFH,A,TWTCTS!’TTEOP,JAG,BS (Edgar) His flaw’d heart, alack, too weak the conflict to support! ‘Twixt two…

Dr Johnson (Georgian editor of Shakespeare’s plays) every scene ‘agitates our passions and interests our curiosity’. Gloucester’s blinding was an ‘act too horrid to be endured in dramatick [sic] exhibition’.(Preface to King Lear, 1765) Theatregoers in 18th century would have…

Title King Lear Author William Shakespeare Date of publication 1608 Genre Tragedy Themes 1. The ones nearest you are the ones to to betray you the most. 2. The significance of family should be beyond the significance of power. 3.…

King Lear banishes what people from his kingdom? Kent Lear is the king of which country Britain Which suitor of cordelia refuses to marry her after she is disinherited? Burgundy Why does cordilia refuse to flatter lear as her sisters…

1.1a That future strife may be prevented now 1.1b Which of you doth love us most 1.2 If it be nothing, I shall not need spectacles 1.3 His knights grow riotous 1.4 C3PeO cart, coxcomb, cuckoo, peace, egg, O 1.5…

What is the question Lear asks his daughters before he makes the division of his kingdom final? What does he expect of his daughters? Lear demands that his daughters affirm their love for him. He asks “which of you shall…

In what year does the play take place? 1066 How old is lear? 80 How many daughters does Lear have and what are their names? 3 – Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia Who is Regan Married to? The Duke of Cornwall…

Love and be silent She admits to herself that she loves Lear however she is determined to remain quiet; though no reason is given my love’s more richer than my tongue She is saying that she will not be able…

Who is visiting Friar Laurence when Juliet arrives? Paris What does Juliet threaten to do if she is forced to marry Paris? kill herself How many hours is Friar Laurence’s sleeping potion supposed to last? 42 hours How will Romeo…

Drama example when Capulet kicks Juliet out of the family banishes her Tragedy example and they both killed themselves Prologue example example is the opening scene the preview of what is to come Sonnet example Juliet spoke on the balcony…