King Lear Critical Quotes

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  • Created on: 02-12-15 18:49
T E E Q B P D F Y H O O E V V I K T Q K F
T D M R C A P E T E Y A L L R O P V W C T
J L T Q B P O E E E C I Y H S I S Q J G T
G X N S V E M Q U B T E G K W R O G D X X
B N A O X D V P R T W K I W J Y C A C A Y
R K U M P W H A I H N N L V H I F L M D O
K X O K F D D D P F E B Y S I Y M E O U W
K N W B R L B G O N K R L D V N I K R A N
C S C F E H X O X Y T A X D R C R S R X S
P T M Y M E H O V C W O U B S E I A I J R
B K H A C N F L I W O F E I N M K N S C L
B I W K K D Q T O T Y R K B C G C D Y T V
U T K B I R X A H L O X I U U F E R H O R
K P W V I I J W U M N R V F F J D S F G A
F I U I D C H K I W O P U A A J R M Y N N
N F E Q F K S L T R G B K K S Y O I M M R
L X H X N S L M K M A E C A Y P K R I U O
K U R L I O O Y M A T Y R Q V N D N U D C
H B C A D J J B U N X D G U P X P O T E N
U W J T S G P U C F X E P F E E U V X B K
R H O N P H M I R G D V I I F V S Y S M G

Clues

  • Edmund as ‘an intrusion to the family that acknowledges him without legitimising him’ (5)
  • Lear ‘comes face to face with the plight of the homeless’ (6)
  • Lear ‘figures [Cordelia] into wife and mother roles’ (9)
  • Lear’s ‘behaviour towards his daughters is emotionally or even physically abusive (8)
  • the younger generation ‘share the goal of reshaping the country in a more human, democratic fashion’ (8)
  • ‘a play about power, property and inheritance’ (9)
  • ‘having endured need and privation, he begins to understand a great deal of what had hitherto been incomprehensible, and to regard his power, his life, and mankind in a different light’ (9, 7)
  • ‘it was Lear himself who brought them into being’ (6)
  • ‘Lear’s words are monstrously unjust' (2, 7)
  • ‘the play provides glimpses of a brutal social reality’ (5)

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