Plot Summary (OCR A-Level English Literature): Flashcards
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Lear's plan at start of play
Lear's plan at start of play
Retire from ruling & divide kingdom between 3 daughters
Cordelia's response to love test
Cordelia's response to love test
Refuses to participate, remains silent
Lear's reaction to Cordelia's refusal
Lear's reaction to Cordelia's refusal
Disowns & banishes her from kingdom
Edgar's disguise name
Edgar's disguise name
Poor Tom (mad beggar)
Gloucester's punishment for helping Lear
Gloucester's punishment for helping Lear
Both eyes gouged out by Cornwall & Regan
Who leads French invasion to rescue Lear?
Who leads French invasion to rescue Lear?
Cordelia
Edmund's romantic entanglements
Edmund's romantic entanglements
Involved with both Goneril & Regan
Cordelia's fate in prison
Cordelia's fate in prison
Executed on Edmund's orders
How does Lear die?
How does Lear die?
Dies of grief holding dead Cordelia
Tone of King Lear's ending
Tone of King Lear's ending
Unrelentingly bleak, no redemption or restoration