The Characters' Influence on Themes (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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Lear's opening question to daughters (Act 1.1)
Lear's opening question to daughters (Act 1.1)
Which of you shall we say doth love us most?
How does absolute power affect Lear?
How does absolute power affect Lear?
Corrupts his judgment - confuses flattery with genuine love
Lear's plea about madness (Act 1.5)
Lear's plea about madness (Act 1.5)
O, let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven!
Lear's wretches quote (Act 3.4)
Lear's wretches quote (Act 3.4)
Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel
Lear's self-description at reconciliation (Act 4.7)
Lear's self-description at reconciliation (Act 4.7)
A very foolish fond old man
Cordelia's symbolic role in the play
Cordelia's symbolic role in the play
Moral compass of the play
Why Cordelia can't flatter (Act 1.1)
Why Cordelia can't flatter (Act 1.1)
Cannot heave heart into mouth
Cordelia's forgiveness words (Act 4.7)
Cordelia's forgiveness words (Act 4.7)
No cause, no cause
Goneril on old people (Act 1.3)
Goneril on old people (Act 1.3)
Old fools are babes again
Main themes Goneril & Regan embody
Main themes Goneril & Regan embody
Betrayal & violation of family bonds
Edmund's goddess (Act 1.2)
Edmund's goddess (Act 1.2)
Nature
Edmund's late redemption words (Act 5.3)
Edmund's late redemption words (Act 5.3)
Some good I mean to do, Despite of mine own nature
Gloucester on past blindness (Act 4.1)
Gloucester on past blindness (Act 4.1)
I stumbled when I saw
Kent's two defining traits
Kent's two defining traits
Unwavering loyalty & moral integrity
Edgar on divine justice (Act 5.3)
Edgar on divine justice (Act 5.3)
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices / Make instruments to plague us