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“My tears begin…”

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“…to take his part so much”

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2
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“In pity of his…”

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“…misery to dispatch”

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What quotation represents Edgar’s reversal of roles in deception, and how he was forced into deception, unlike Edmond who chose it?

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“My tears begin to take his part so much”

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Give a quote that presents Edmond as an arch-deceiver and how dramatic irony exemplifies Edmond’s confidence and success?

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“In pity of his misery to dispatch”

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Why is Edmond’s evil nature admired by an audience?

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His egocentrism and confidence matches his ability

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What are the contrasted versions of reality in the play?

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The formality of the royal court in contrast with the wild nature of the heath
The rhetoric of correct manners against the raging storm
The wealth of the palaces against the poverty of the “poor naked wretches”

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Why do Edgar and Kent hide their identities?

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Out of fear of death

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Why do R + G and Edmond hide the truth?

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For deceit and lies

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What does Kent’s loyalty lead to?

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Him coming back and serving Lear, whilst deceiving him. He goes from a high-borne noble to a lowly servant out of loyalty. He then proves his worth by dealing with Oswald

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What is the effect of Edgar’s disguise as Poor Tom?

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It is a contrast to the reality of his status

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How is Edgar’s confidence in deception relayed to the audience?

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In dramatic Irony: “My tears being to take this part so much/ they mar my counterfeiting”

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What is the effect on Gloucester of Edgar persuading him that he fell off a cliff and survived to cure his suicide tendency?

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Gloucester, similar to Lear and Kent, now trusts someone that he cast out as a traitor

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Why do G + R pretend to be loving daughters?

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So that they can take all of Lear’s remaining power

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How do R + G potentially cause Lear’s anagnorisis by mistake?

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They are the reason that he is in the storm, as they caused his peripeteia

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How is Edmond an arch-deceiver?

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He pretends to be a dutiful son, though in his soliloquy he reveals his true intentions to the audience

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How is Edmond presented as an overreach of himself?

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His ambition. He is not a tragic hero, though his machiavellian demeanour is a hamartia of his own, when he is killed by Edgar

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Who is the only character with no deception in the play?

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Cordelia, though she is destroyed by the evil