Animalistic Flashcards
Who are mainly referred to in an animalistic way?
Goneril and Regan.
What are the sisters mostly referred to?
- Savage animals.
* Fiends and monsters.
How is a Kite used in King Lear?
- Kite are birds of prey.
* In Act 1, Scene 4, Lear says to Goneril- “Detested kite! Thou liest’.
How is a Vulture used in King Lear?
- Scavenger bird that feeds on carcasses.
* In Act 2 scene 4 Lear bemoans Gonerils behaviour as ‘sharp-tooth’d unkindness, like a vulture.
How is Goneril behaviour ‘sharp-tooth’d unkindness, like a vulture’?
- Used to describe Goneril’s actions.
* She’s acting like a vulture waiting for Lear to die so she can inherit his Kingdom.
How is Serpent used in King Lear?
- Poisonous snake; devil like.
* In Act 2 scene 4 Lear says Goneril ‘struck me with her tongue,/Most serpent like’.
What is Lear referring to when he describes Gonerils ‘tongue’ as ‘most serpent like’
He is referring to the fact that having ungrateful or thankless children hurts him more then being bitten by a snake would.
How does Albany use serpent imagery?
•In Act 5 scene 3 Albany calls Edmund a ‘gilded serpent’. Basically calling him evil (serpent) hidden under the wealthy attire.
How is a Pelican used as imagery in King Lear?
- Birds of prey. In Act 3 scene 4, Lear ‘scolds’ himself for fathering Regan and Goneril.
- ”Those Pelican daughters”.
How is a Tiger used in King Lear as imagery?
•In Act 4 scene 2, Albany condemns Regan and Goneril for their treatment on Lear, comparing them to tigers.
