KING LEAR

KING LEAR

1. VALUES APPEARANCES ABOVE REALITY

   • LOVE TEST
     • "which of you shall we say doth love us the most"
     • ACT 1 SCENE 1
   • "so young, and so untender?"
   • OUTRAGED WITH CORDELIA
     • "unhappy that I am, I cannot heave / My heart into my mouth"
   • DISOWNED CORDELIA, WHO HE LOVED MOST
     • "I loved her most"
       • "Here I disclaim all my paternal care"

2. VAIN AND EGOTISTICAL

   • LOVE TEST
   • LOVES THE POWER OF BEING KING
     • DOESN'T WANT THE RESPONSIBILITY
       • "Only we still retain the name, and all the additions to a king"

3. SELF-CENTERED

   • LOVE TEST

4. MORALLY BLIND AND RASH

   • CORDELIA (purple)
   • KENT
     • "And on the sixth day to turn thy hated back upon our kingdom"
     • EXILED

5. CHILD-LIKE

   • ACTIONS HE TOOK ON THOSE WHO 'BETRAYED' HIM

6. GUILLIBLE

   • BELIEVES GONERIL AND REGAN
     • LEAVES HIMSELF POWERLESS TO THEM

7. IMPULSIVE

   • DOESN'T THINK DECISIONS
     • LEFT HIMSELF COMPROMISED