King Lear (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards

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Gloucester's loyalty

Loyal to King Lear

Gloucester's two sons (names & legitimacy)

Legitimate Edgar, illegitimate Edmund

Gloucester's initial personality traits

Naive and gullible

Gloucester's positive traits

Loyal and well-meaning

What Gloucester gains through suffering

Insight and humility

Gloucester's internal conflict focus

Blindness to true nature of his sons

Gloucester's punishment for metaphorical blindness

Physical blindness

What Gloucester does to Edgar

Wrongly disowns him due to Edmund's deceit

Who inflicts physical blindness on Gloucester

Regan and Cornwall

Basis of Gloucester & Lear's bond

Mutual suffering and enlightenment

Gloucester's tragic flaw

Gullibility and poor judgment

What physical blindness brings Gloucester

Greater insight and understanding

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