King Lear - Critics

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G G W O U V N N Q A F L O W C Q A E P K J
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N B F R V A A A X C Y A D K H R J N R I V
K O R E E W Y S A V T Z N L W T C T E C U
N N E N Y A E B L E T L E H K H D O N B B
I B Y C O C J R E U E I H A I E L R C S M
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B C S Y C M D B K B O W M O G D T X T B Y

Clues

  • 'A bleating Lear' 'a senile fool' 'is fatal to the scene' (8, 6)
  • 'a purgatorial process to self-knowledge' (1, 6, 6)
  • 'demented mumbling interspersed with brief insight' (8, 9)
  • 'it is his rash haste, his violent impetuosity, his blindness to everything but the dictates of his passions or affections that produces all his misfortunes' (7, 7)
  • 'Lear would rather have flattery than truth' (5, 6, 6)
  • 'many critics see Lear's insanity as a learning process' (7, 6)
  • 'the themes of the subplot - rejection, forgiveness, parents turning against children and children against parents, complement those of the main plot' (7, 7)
  • Cordelia 'seizes the fact that the true sense of love implies something which is impossible to conceive of' (8, 6)
  • Lear 'feels compassion, acknowledges his own failures and lessens himself in terms of divine justice' (6, 7)
  • The Fool is 'a true innocent whose wisdom is obviously not his own making' (7, 1, 6)

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