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Did your letters pierce the queen to any demonstration of grief? Did your letters provoke an emotional response from the queen? Sisters! Sisters! Shame of ladies! Sisters! Sisters! Sisters! Shame on you! A sovereign shame so elbows him. His own…

King Lear slowly going insane throughout the play; banishes Cordelia and Kent; dies of a broken heart over Cordelia’s death. Goneril ruthless; oldest sister; poisons Regan becuase of Edgar; takes away Lear’s army. Regan the 2nd sister; wants Lear’s kingdom…

“Sir I love you more than world can wield the matter, dearer than eyesight, space and liberty” Goneril Act 1, Scene 1 (The Love Test) “I am made of that self metal as my sister … only she falls too…

Nothing will come of nothing: speak again. By: LearTo: CordeliaMeans: Lear is disappointed and angry that Cordelia is not playing his game and going on about how much she loves her and is telling her that she should start or…

“How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is To have a thankless child.” LEAR: King Lear has cut a deal with the two more flattering of his three daughters: he will turn power over to them as long as he…

King Lear was written in approximately..a. 1505-1506b. 1405-1406c. 1605-1606d. 1705-1706 c. 1605-1606 Shakespeare wrote King Lear between which two major plays?a. Romeo and Juliet and Othellob. Othello and Macbethc. Macbeth and Hamletd. Julius Caesar and Macbeth b. Othello and Macbeth…

Lear “into thy womb convey sterility” Lear “My poor fool is hanged”Can’t even identify his children Lear “You are a spirit” – on seeing Cordelia Regan “Jesters do oft prove profits” Synonymous for children out-witting their parents Lear “We two…

I love thee not Kent Draw your rogue for though it be night the moon shines Kent I have seen better faces in my time than stands on any shoulder that I see before me at this instant Kent O…

Act 1, Scene 2: Edmund’s ambition to subvert the natural order – seems to have an obsession with his own illegitimacy ‘Edmund the base, shall top th’ legitimate. I grow; I prosper. Now, gods, stand up for bastards!’ Act 1,…

Romeo The sixteen year old son and heir of Montague and Lady Montague. Juliet The thirteen year old daughter of Capulet and Lady Capulet Friar Lawrence A Franciscan friar, friend to both Romeo and Juliet. Mercutio A kinsman to the…