Key Moments (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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Lear's method for dividing kingdom (Act 1)
Lear's method for dividing kingdom (Act 1)
Based on daughters' declarations of love
Number of daughters Lear has
Number of daughters Lear has
Three
Goneril & Regan's tactic to win kingdom shares
Goneril & Regan's tactic to win kingdom shares
Flattery
Cordelia's fate after honest declaration
Cordelia's fate after honest declaration
Disinheritance and banishment
Who rejects Lear in Act 2 Sc 4
Who rejects Lear in Act 2 Sc 4
Regan and Cornwall
What Regan/Cornwall refuse Lear (Act 2)
What Regan/Cornwall refuse Lear (Act 2)
Housing him and his knights
Who blinds Gloucester (Act 3 Sc 7)
Who blinds Gloucester (Act 3 Sc 7)
Cornwall
Why Gloucester is captured (Act 3)
Why Gloucester is captured (Act 3)
For aiding Lear
What Gloucester realises after blinding
What Gloucester realises after blinding
Edmund's betrayal & mistreatment of Edgar
Lear's mental state in Act 4 Sc 6
Lear's mental state in Act 4 Sc 6
Completely mad
Who leads blind Gloucester (Act 4)
Who leads blind Gloucester (Act 4)
Edgar (disguised)
Cordelia's fate in Act 5 Sc 3
Cordelia's fate in Act 5 Sc 3
Hanged
How Lear dies (Act 5)
How Lear dies (Act 5)
From grief, holding Cordelia's body
Who remains at play's end
Who remains at play's end
Albany, Edgar, and Kent
Theme: What suffering leads to (Gloucester)
Theme: What suffering leads to (Gloucester)
Insight