King lear critic quotes 2 5.0 / 5 based on 2 ratings ? English LiteratureKing LearA2/A-levelOCR Created by: LeaCreated on: 09-05-15 14:37 Muir about the storm "completes what ingratitude began" 1 of 14 Wharton about the subplot "unlikely and distracting" 2 of 14 Miller on Lear's growth "only when Lear exposes himself to feel what wretches feel can he grow morally" 3 of 14 Kettle on Lear's madness "not so much a breakdown as a breakthrough" 4 of 14 Walton on Lear's character "Lear is not a passive character" 5 of 14 Norris on Lear's story "the horror of Lear's story is the unnatural behaviour of Goneril and Regan" 6 of 14 Kettle on Edmund "active, intellligent and ruthless" 7 of 14 Kettle on Edgar "colourless Edgar" 8 of 14 Cantor on Lear "pathetic old man, vain and foolish, rash in his judgement and incapable of controlling his emotions" 9 of 14 T.S. Eliot on Lear's opening speech "height of idiocy" 10 of 14 Cantor on Lear's failings "bound up inextricably with his greatness" 11 of 14 Cantor on Lear's wisdom "gains access to his wisdom only when he loses power" 12 of 14 Cantor on the reunion of Cordelia and Lear "one of the most beautiful and moving scenes Shakespeare ever wrote" 13 of 14 Cantor on Lear's pride "the source of his greatness as well as of his failures of a king" 14 of 14
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