Plot Summary (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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Lear's 3 daughters
Lear's 3 daughters
Goneril, Regan, Cordelia
Why Lear disowns Cordelia
Why Lear disowns Cordelia
Her honesty (vs sisters' flattery)
Why Lear banishes Kent
Why Lear banishes Kent
Kent protests Cordelia's disownment
Edmund's relation to Edgar
Edmund's relation to Edgar
Illegitimate brother who schemes against him
Edgar's disguise name
Edgar's disguise name
Poor Tom
What drives Lear to madness
What drives Lear to madness
Storm after rejection by daughters
Gloucester's punishment
Gloucester's punishment
Blinded by Cornwall
Who brings French army to rescue Lear
Who brings French army to rescue Lear
Cordelia
How Regan dies
How Regan dies
Poisoned by Goneril
How Goneril dies
How Goneril dies
Commits suicide (stabs herself)
How Edmund dies
How Edmund dies
Mortally wounded in duel with Edgar
How Cordelia dies
How Cordelia dies
Hanged by Edmund's order
How Lear dies
How Lear dies
Grief/broken heart holding Cordelia's body