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Flashcards by l.walshe11, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by l.walshe11
over 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Lear | -king of Britain -three daughters -excessively proud (at first) -rash and poor judge -grows in compassion -dies heartbroken, yet wiser |
| Goneril | -Lear's eldest daughter -wife of Albany -false -ruthless -monstrous -scornful (contemptuous) |
| Regan | -Lear's second daughter -wife of Cornwall -false -ungrateful -malicious -rival to Goneril |
| Cordelia | -Lear's youngest daughter -virtuous -stubborn? -forgiving -composed -compassionate (saintly) |
| Albany | -husband of Regan -weak and dominated (first) -grows in spirit -force of goodness (ending) |
| Cornwall | -husband of Goneril -aligns himself with evil -disloyal and disrespectful -vicious |
| Gloucester | -father to Edmund & Edgar -morally blind (start) -gullible -compassionate and noble -wisdom through suffering -parallel to Lear |
| Edgar | -Gloucester's full son -gullible (first) -optimistic -uses deception for good -man of moral integrity -compassionate |
| Edmund | -Gloucester's illegitimate son -desire for social status and wealth -clever and cunning -callous and ruthless -attempts to redeem? |
| Kent | -unwavering loyalty to Lear -caring towards Lear -philosophical -provides important info. for audience |
| The Fool | -loyal companion -guide to discovery for Lear -insightful -object of Lear's pity -disappears mysteriously |
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