Lear in Lockdown - Studying King Lear

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.

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

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

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Cog sheet!

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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.

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

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

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

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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.

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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

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