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English Lit: King Lear

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Decks in this class (17)

Tragedy: A02
Tragedy is an imitation of,
A man doesn t become a hero until,
Aristotle claimed that the main c...
8  cards
King Lear Context: AO3
When was king lear written,
Historical and political context,
The great chain of being
21  cards
King Lear critics: AO5
Paul delany,
Samuel coleridge,
Arnoid kettle
49  cards
The Fool
Different views of the fool,
Jesters,
History of the fool ao2 ao3
22  cards
Kent
Samuel coleridge,
Arnoid kettle,
Royal lear
14  cards
Regan
Thorndike ao5,
Hudson ao5,
Kathleen mccluskie on feminism
11  cards
Goneril
Thorndike ao5,
Hudson ao5,
Martha burns on goneril and regan
16  cards
Lear
Bk stuart on lear,
Hal holbrook on lear,
Arnold kettle on lear
26  cards
Gloucester
Arnold kettle ao5,
His breeding sir,
Though this knave
17  cards
Edmund
Arnold kettle ao5,
His breeding sir,
Though this knave
15  cards
Cordelia
Mariyln french ao5,
Aside what shall acordelia speak ...,
Aside i am sure my
16  cards
Albany
This milky,
Goneril considers albany to be to...,
I must change arms at
10  cards
Cornwall
Fetch forth the,
Cornwall shut up your doors,
Though well we may not pass upon ...
5  cards
Edgar
The country gives me,
Aside o matter and,
He s dead i am only
7  cards
Oswald
My lady s father,
Would i could meet him madam,
Oswald picks a fight with edgar
5  cards
Gloucester Blinding Scene
What does the cruelty emphasise,
Negative betrayal of women,
Blinding as a punishment
9  cards
General critics
G knight kl in relation to people,
Hare binary opposites
2  cards

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