Flashcards
SCENE SUMMARIES LEAR
Cards in this deck (24)
- 1ACT 1 SCENE 1Lear divides kingdom / Bye Cordelia au revoir / Bye Kent
- 2ACT 1 SCENE 2Evil Edmund
bastard
legitimate Edgar
'I must have your land' - 3ACT 1 SCENE 3Goneril tells Oswald to be mean to Lear (basically PISH OFF Lear to Regan)
- 4ACT 1 SCENE 4Kent = Caius
Caius trips Oswald
Hired by Lear
Fool reminds Lear of stupidity
Storms out away from Goneril - 5ACT 1 SCENE 5Lear sends Caius ahead to Regan's house - acknowledges fucked up with C
'I did her wrong'
+ daughters 'monster ingratitude' to 'so kind a father' - 6ACT 2 SCENE IAlbany / Cornwall tension revealed by Curan
Edmund tells Edgar to flee
Goneril reveals went to Gloucester's house as cba to be at home when Lear arrives - 7Act II Scene IIKent in stocks for pissing off Oswald
Gloucester sympathises with Kent
Reveals correspondence with C (Kent)
Edgar 'Edgar I nothing am'
Lear angry at seeing Kent in stocks
SHIT GOES DOWN - 'I gave you all' 'and in good time you gave it'
no followers for Lear
Bye bye into storm - 8Act III Scene 1Kent meets one of Lear's retinue on the heath + knight says Lear defying storm to do its worse
Kent reveals enmity between Cornwall and Albany
French army supposedly landed
Kent sends randomer to Dover to inform Cordelia of Lear's suffering - 9Act III Scene 2Storm scene
Kent finds them
They go to find hovel - 10Act III Scene 3Gloucester tells Edmund about cruelty unto Lear
Edmund says will betray him to Cornwall when alone
POSITIONING IMPORTANT (BETWEEN STORM SCENES) - 11Act III scene 4Lear goes into hovel Fool first find Poor Tom
Thinks as a result of daughters
he joins the merry little band - 12Act III scene 5Cornwall learns Gloucester still in contact with Cordelia
Gives Gloucester's titles to Edmund and asks him to seek out his Father - 13Act III scene 6Mock trial scene
Lear eventually sleeps
Gloucester brings news of plot against his life
Off they go
Edgar's soliloquy at end - 14Act III Scene 7Cornwall requests for Goneril to return to Albany with news of the French invasion
Regan 'Hang him instantly' Goneril 'Pluck out his eyes'
Gloucester's eyes plucked out - servant kills Cornwall Regan kills servant
Gloucester realises has wronged Edgar - 15Act IV scene 1Edgar and Gloucester meet and Poor Tom takes him to cliff of Dover
- 16Act IV scene 2Goneril says fuck Albany I want you Eddy boo
Albany comes in before they do da dirty deed
attacks Goneril
Finds out Cornwall's death
Messanger tells Albany that it was Edmund who betrayed his Father to Cornwall and Regan - 17Act IV scene 3NOT FOUND IN FOLIO EDITION
France called home
Kent meets messenger who helped him talk to C
Kent goes to see Lear in disguise - 18Act IV scene 4Cordelia sends search party for Lear
- 19Act IV scene 5Sisters rival over Edmund with Oswald there too
- 20Act IV Scene 6Gloucester fake suicide
Lear crown of flowers
'I remember thine eyes well enough' HA HA HA HA HA.
Edgar kills Oswald who tried to kill Gdawg
EDGAR FINDS OUT PLAN - 21Act IV scene 7Cordelia and Lear reunite
- 22Act V scene 1Bit of petty love battle
Edmund considers himself to be Albany's equal
Edmund has soliloquy vein like yh mate both sisters n what - 23Act V scene 2Edgar hears Lear and Cordelia have been captured
- 24Act V Scene 3Shit goes down
Lots of people die
The end
Butterflies and rainbows fill the stage