Key Moments (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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Number of Lear's daughters in kingdom division
Number of Lear's daughters in kingdom division
Three
Basis for Lear's division of kingdom
Basis for Lear's division of kingdom
Declarations of love
Daughters who use flattery to win kingdom shares
Daughters who use flattery to win kingdom shares
Goneril and Regan
Cordelia's fate for her honesty
Cordelia's fate for her honesty
Disinheritance and banishment
Who rejects Lear in Act 2, Scene 4
Who rejects Lear in Act 2, Scene 4
Regan and Cornwall
What drives Lear towards madness
What drives Lear towards madness
Betrayal by his daughters
Who blinds Gloucester in Act 3
Who blinds Gloucester in Act 3
Cornwall
Why Gloucester is captured and blinded
Why Gloucester is captured and blinded
For aiding Lear
What Gloucester realises after being blinded
What Gloucester realises after being blinded
Edmund's betrayal and Edgar's innocence
Lear's mental state in Act 4, Scene 6
Lear's mental state in Act 4, Scene 6
Completely mad
Who leads blind Gloucester in Act 4
Who leads blind Gloucester in Act 4
Edgar (disguised)
How Cordelia dies
How Cordelia dies
Hanged
Cause of Lear's death
Cause of Lear's death
Grief over Cordelia's death
Who remains at play's end to rebuild kingdom
Who remains at play's end to rebuild kingdom
Albany, Edgar, and Kent