KING LEAR

KING LEAR

1. Anti values

   • Hypocrisy
   • Injustice
   • Selfishness
   • Falsehood

2. Values

   • Loyalty
   • Courage
   • Forgiveness
   • Truth

3. Characters

   • King Lear
     • King of Britain
     • Inspires loyalty
   • Goneril
     • Lear's oldest daughter
     • Aggressive
   • Cordelia
     • Lear's youngest daughter
     • Loyal to his father
   • Regan
     • Lear's middle daughter
     • Cruel and jealous

4. Literary

   • Context
     • Pre-christian Britain
   • Literary species
     • Tragedy
   • Literary genre
     • Narrative
   • Pages
     • 190
   • Chapters
     • 5 acts

5. Summary

   • Lear slowly goes insane
   • French army lands as part of an invasion led by Cordelia in an effort to save her father
   • King Lear divides his kingdom among the two daughters
   • Lear finally dies out of grief at Cordelia’s passing
   • English troops reach Dover, and the English, led by Edmund, defeat the Cordelia-led French