Characters: Gloucester (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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Gloucester's role in King Lear
Gloucester's role in King Lear
Nobleman loyal to King Lear
Gloucester's two sons
Gloucester's two sons
Legitimate Edgar & illegitimate Edmund
What Gloucester's story parallels
What Gloucester's story parallels
Lear's misjudgment of his daughters
Gloucester's initial personality traits
Gloucester's initial personality traits
Naive and gullible
Gloucester's positive traits
Gloucester's positive traits
Loyal and well-meaning
What Gloucester gains through suffering
What Gloucester gains through suffering
Insight and humility
Gloucester's internal conflict
Gloucester's internal conflict
Blindness to true nature of his sons
Gloucester's punishment for metaphorical blindness
Gloucester's punishment for metaphorical blindness
Physical blindness
Who blinds Gloucester
Who blinds Gloucester
Regan and Cornwall
Gloucester's tragic flaw
Gloucester's tragic flaw
Gullibility and poor judgment
What physical blindness brings Gloucester
What physical blindness brings Gloucester
Greater insight and understanding