Lear and Gloucester Flashcards
Lear- ‘darker purpose…
…we have divided in three our kingdom’
Lear- ‘future strife…
…may be prevented’
Lear- ‘nothing will…
…come of nothing’
Lear- ‘a dog is…
…obeyed in office’
Lear- ‘i am a man…
…more sinned against than sinning’
Lear- ‘A poor…
…old man’
Lear- ‘unburdened…
…crawl’
Lear- ‘man is…
…a poor creature’
What are the types of bodies that lear changes between?
body politic and body natural
how is lear similar to king george 3rd?
king george was also insane so all preformances were banned until 1820 when he stopped reigning
elizabethan england was…
…extremely hierarchal
Dollimore- ‘he loses his…
…mind when he loses his social status’
Kolt- ‘disintergration…
…of the world’
Stuart- ‘he would rather have…
…flattery than the truth’
Kettle- ‘Lear is…
…a hero’
How does the sup-plot link Lear and Gloucester?
Gloucester mirrors Lear as they both turn to nature to ask why their children betrayed them
Gloucester- ‘i stumbled…
…when i saw’
Gloucester- ‘Pluck out…
…his old eyes’
Gloucester- ‘As flies…
…to wanton boys are we to the gods’
the natural order was…
…overturned in edmund
the both defy…
…gods social order
Kettle- ‘punished…
…for his moral laxity’ (g)
Brandes- ‘titanic…
…tragedy of human life’
What 3 things should be remembered about Lear and Gloucester?
- body natural and body politic
- storm scene shows Lear’s moment of anagnorisis
- pathos presented in both charactes
‘the gods kill…
…us for their sport
‘i am not…
…ague proof’
what does lear call his daughters?
‘marble hearted fiends’
critic- lear is terrified…
…of women’
critic- ‘scary tyrant…
…losing his powers’
