King Lear
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- Created on: 04-06-14 12:31
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- King Lear
- values display of love rather than real love
- Love trial - "speak" of who "doth love" him "most"
- Insecure and vain - hamartia/fatal flaw
- Does not really decide how much land is given, it is already decided
- Cordelia ruins his order
- Trying to take precautions to save kingsom in old age (no male heir)
- "Unburdened crawl"
- Can be argued that he literally meant he was about to crawl toward death
- "that future strife May be prevented now"
- "Unburdened crawl"
- Cordelia disappoints him which sends him into a rage that causes him to make bad decisions
- Cordelia ruins his order
- "I disclaim all my paternal care"
- Sets events into motion - Aristotle's 'cause and effect chain'
- Hires Kent/Caius - does he value loyalty?
- Or not? He is the one that "banished" him initially
- Interaction with Fool shows a more tolerant side to him
- Realises his mistakes towards Cordelia
- "I did her wrong"
- Anagnorisis
- "I did her wrong"
- Wishes he had taken better care of the poor
- "poor naked wretches...I have ta'en Too little care of this" pg 273
- Anagnorisis
- "poor naked wretches...I have ta'en Too little care of this" pg 273
- Madness
- "Many critics see Lear's insanity as a learning process" Rebecca Warren
- Needs to suffer to understand himself and society
- Still self-obsessed and refers to crimes committed against him
- Discusses in the heath ways to punish daughters - mock trial
- "I'll see their trial first"
- Discusses in the heath ways to punish daughters - mock trial
- Reconciliation with Cordelia
- Ashamed of himself
- "I am a very foolish, fond old man"
- Redeemed from charges of egotism - learned value of true emotion
- Does not die a happy man but does die a better man
- Ashamed of himself
- values display of love rather than real love
- "that future strife May be prevented now"
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