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I’m a Foolish fond old man…

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Gloucester meets Lear

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

The Mock Trial. The metaphor of the Staircase