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Lear and Gloucester Flashcards

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Lear- ‘darker purpose…

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…we have divided in three our kingdom’

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2
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Lear- ‘future strife…

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…may be prevented’

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Lear- ‘nothing will…

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…come of nothing’

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Lear- ‘a dog is…

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…obeyed in office’

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Lear- ‘i am a man…

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…more sinned against than sinning’

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Lear- ‘A poor…

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…old man’

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Lear- ‘unburdened…

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…crawl’

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Lear- ‘man is…

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…a poor creature’

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What are the types of bodies that lear changes between?

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body politic and body natural

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how is lear similar to king george 3rd?

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king george was also insane so all preformances were banned until 1820 when he stopped reigning

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11
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elizabethan england was…

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…extremely hierarchal

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Dollimore- ‘he loses his…

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…mind when he loses his social status’

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13
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Kolt- ‘disintergration…

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…of the world’

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14
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Stuart- ‘he would rather have…

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…flattery than the truth’

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15
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Kettle- ‘Lear is…

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…a hero’

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16
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How does the sup-plot link Lear and Gloucester?

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Gloucester mirrors Lear as they both turn to nature to ask why their children betrayed them

17
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Gloucester- ‘i stumbled…

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…when i saw’

18
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Gloucester- ‘Pluck out…

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…his old eyes’

19
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Gloucester- ‘As flies…

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…to wanton boys are we to the gods’

20
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the natural order was…

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…overturned in edmund

21
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the both defy…

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…gods social order

22
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Kettle- ‘punished…

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…for his moral laxity’ (g)

23
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Brandes- ‘titanic…

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…tragedy of human life’

24
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What 3 things should be remembered about Lear and Gloucester?

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  • body natural and body politic
  • storm scene shows Lear’s moment of anagnorisis
  • pathos presented in both charactes
25
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‘the gods kill…

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…us for their sport

26
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‘i am not…

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…ague proof’

27
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what does lear call his daughters?

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‘marble hearted fiends’

28
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critic- lear is terrified…

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…of women’

29
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critic- ‘scary tyrant…

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…losing his powers’

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