KING LEAR
by William Shakespeare
Testable A-Question Topics
Narcissism
Power
Betrayal
Edmund
Siblings
Edgar
Critics
Karim-Cooper Comedy
Kanzer is sick --> incest
Kneel on Nealson - Sparknotes
Lenhoff & Leffler Love the Lord
Clody Coyote (Animals)
Productions
Royal Shakespeare Company Production (2016)
Globe Stage Theater Production (2017)
Historical Context
early 17th century
early 1600s
King James I --> Jacobean era
nobility --> social hierarchy
legitimacy/bastardy
Duels -->common practices
Catherine Dunn DUNN DUNN DUNN - storm
Methods
Shifting between blank verse and prose
Shared lines
Implied stage action
Letters
Storm
(pathetic fallacy)
Soliloquys and asides
Animal metaphors
Foreshadowing/suspense building
Emdashes --> shifts direction of dialogue
Theories
Music
Comic relief
Pride
Bloomingdale & Satoris --> Essays
"gilded serpent"
Quotes
Dramatic Irony
Quotes