Act 2:4

Question 1

How does this scene begin?

Answer 1

Regan and Goneril leave home

Question 2

What is a key interaction of Lear and Kent at the beginning of the scene and why is it significant?

Answer 2

They are both equal (short) in their responses to one another as Lear resists the truth Kent tells him that he was put in stocks - which links to Lear’s loss of power as he can’t do anything and instead just refuses to accept it

Question 3

What key quote shows that Lear’s isolation has been caused by his daughters and why?

Answer 3

‘Fathers that wear rags make their children blind’ - his children turned blind to his needs because he couldn’t give them anything

Question 4

What key quote shows Lear’s emotional loss of control?

Question 5

What does the fool say to Kent regarding the wheel of fortune and how does this link to the tragic isolation of Lear?

Question 6

Where are Gloucester and Kear in comparison to Goneril and Regan?

Answer 6

Gloucester and Kear are outside Gloucester’s castle whilst G+R are in it