King Lear

We have finished reading King Lear, and we will have a test on Thursday.  (multiple choice and two short written responses to characters and important thematic ideas)

Please do the following:

Find and write down ten quotations from King Lear that, taken together, summarize the play.  Then, analyze those quotations. Try to choose memorable quotations. They could come in handy on the AP exam if a King Lear-themed essay appears--and that is likely.

Here are some discussion topics:

“Nothing”
“Nature”
“Fools”
Appearance/Reality
Deception
Vision and recognition
Morality/immorality
Nature– natural/unnatural
Chaos/order
Parents/children
Lear/Gloucester
Edmund/Regan & Goneril
Edgar/Cordelia
Good/evil
Innocence/experience
Youth/old age
Paradoxes
Irony
Tragedy