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Scene Study Act 4 Scene 7 - Lear, Cordelia and The Doctor.

Act 5 Scene 3 - The final movement - Edgar meets Edmund. Towards the conclusion of the Gloucester Story

The blinding of Gloucester. Cornwall and Regan ‘soul mates in cruelty’

Two stories in tandem.

Cog sheet!

The Fool in Act 1 Scene 4 - I am a fool. Thou art nothing. … Gloucester in Act 4 Scene 1 - Mad men must lead the blind , The theme of blindness and sight in the main plot and sub plot - Lear in Act 3 Scene 2 - I. Am a man more sinned against than sinning

Act 5 Scene 3 - The final movement - Lear, Cordelia and Edmund. Towards the conclusion of the Lear Story

In the play, King Lear moves from a position of centrality to one of loneliness and isolation. Discuss. Introduction, body of answer and conclusion. (Cog sheet!)

Scene Study - King Lear Act 5 Scene 3 - The death of Cordelia

The Love Test and the word ‘Nothing’. Lear divides his kingdom and abdicates responsibility.

Gloucester’s ‘death’. The modernity of Shakespeare’s writing.

The word ‘Nothing’. The Theme of Nature - As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods.

Introduction, discussion and conclusion. (Cog sheet! How to answer a typical exam question interrogated and analysed by introduction, body of answer and conclusion.)

Cog sheet! How to answer a typical exam question interrogated and analysed by introduction, body of answer and conclusion.

Lear in Act 4 Scene 7 - I’m a Foolish fond old man … Gloucester in Act 4 Scene 1 - I have no way and therefore want no eyes …. Gloucester in Act 2 Scene 1 - My old heart is cracked, it’s cracked …. Lear in Act 4 Scene 1 - As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods …. Lear in Act 5 Scene 3 never, never, never, never, never.

The character of Cordelia, quiet, economical, determined in 118 lines of visual language (Cog sheet! How to answer a typical exam question interrogated and analysed by introduction, body of answer and conclusion. )

Gloucester in Act 3 Scene 3 -Though I die for it—as no less is threatened me—the king my old master must be relieved. Kent to Lear in Act 1 Scene 1 Thou swear'st thy gods in vain. The role of the fool and Cordelia in Act 1 Scene 1 'I cannot heave my heart into my mouth.

Cog sheet! How to answer a typical exam question interrogated and analysed by introduction, body of answer and conclusion.

Lear in Act 4 Scene 6, The Fool in Act 2 Scene 4, Goneril in Act 5 Scene 1, Lear in Act 3 Scene 2

Cog sheet! How to answer a typical exam question interrogated and analysed by introduction, body of answer and conclusion.

Three Favourite Quotes. Gloucester - ‘ O my follies! Then Edgar was abused. Kind gods, forgive me that, and prosper him. - Act 3 Scene 7 - Regan’s use of animal imagery in Act 3 Scene 7 - In his anointed flesh stick boarish fangs. Goneril in Act 5 Scene 1 I'd rather lose this battle than allow that sister of mine to come between me and Edmund.

Actor and director Alan Stanford on directing King Lear. Balancing the Lear and Gloucester stories

What in your opinion are the most important changes that take place in the character of King Lear during the play. (Cog sheet! How to answer a typical exam question interrogated and analysed by introduction, body of answer and conclusion. )

The experiences of Gloucester at the hands of his sons deepens and heightens the experiences of Lear at the hands of his daughters. Exploring the main and subplots. Cog sheet! How to answer a typical exam question interrogated and analysed by introduction, body of answer and conclusion.

The image of the Storm scenes in Act 3. Lear in Act 1 Scene 5 . “I did her wrong …”

The image of the Wheel and the Journey

Lear in Act 3 Scene 2 - I. Am a man more sinned against than sinning - Gloucester - ‘ O my follies! Then Edgar was abused. Kind gods, forgive me that, and prosper him. Edmund in Act 1 Scene 2 - Well, then, Legitimate Edgar, I must have your land: Our father's love is to the bastard Edmund As to the legitimate.

I’m a Foolish fond old man…

Three Favourite Quotes - Lear in Act 5 Scene 3 - We two alone will sing like birds i' th' cage. Goneril in Act 1 Scene 1 - Sir, I do love you more than words can wield the matter, Dearer than eyesight, space, and liberty,.Beyond what can be valued, rich or rare. Edmund in Act 1 Scene 2 - Thou nature art my goddess

Lear’s daughters Goneril and Regan gang up on Lear

The Theme of Nature in King Lear

Lear as the Tragedy of Despair. Comparrisons to Hamlet and Macbeth.

The Main Plot, the Sub Plot and the Parallel Plot in King Lear - Introduction, expansion, conclusion. Cog sheet! How to answer a typical exam question interrogated and analysed by introduction, body of answer and conclusion

The Journeys of Lear and Gloucester

Cog sheet! How to answer a typical exam question interrogated and analysed by introduction, body of answer and conclusion.

Cornwall and Edmund in Act 3 Scene 5 - Edmund becomes Earl of Gloucester

Why Cordelia and The Fool don’t meet in King Lear. Some thoughts.

The Storm Scene. Lear recognises ‘need” as he moves towards self-realisation.

Favourite Quotes - Lear in Act 3 Scene 2 , I am a man / More sinned against than sinning.

Single Text Question - theme, character development and relationships, conflict and dramatic tension, imagery and language.

The Gloucester family storyline – Edgar and Edmund.

There are two families in Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear – Goneril, Regan and Cordelia Lear and Edmund and Edgar Gloucester –and their fathers!

Cog sheet! How to answer a typical exam question interrogated and analysed by introduction, body of answer and conclusion.

A look at the language in the play

The Mock Trial. The metaphor of the Staircase

An introduction to the Bard

Cog sheet! How to answer a typical exam question interrogated and analysed by introduction, body of answer and conclusion.

The parallels in the families of King Lear and The Earl of Gloucester

Gloucester meets Lear

Animal imagery in King Lear