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Shakespeare's

King Lear
Dramatic Personae
Questions
o What secret does Kent reveal at the beginning of act three?

o Describe Lear's conditions at this stage.

o What do Lear and fool do after Kent finds them?

o How is Gloucester's conditions?

o What happens when Lear, Fool, and Kent want to enter the shack?

o How does Gloucester plan to help Lear escape?

o How does Cornwall punish Gloucester?

o Whom does Gloucester meet outside the castle?


Questions
o What happens at Albany’s castle?

o How is the French army’s situation?

o How do Edgar and Gloucester come to get Goneril’s letter for Edmund?

o How does Lear react when he sees Cordelia?


Memorable quotes

The art of our necessities is strange,


That can make vile things precious

Fool He’s mad that trusts in the tameness of a wolf


Memorable quotes

Why, this
fellow has banished two on's daughters, and did the
third a blessing against his will.

Freedom lives hence and banishment is here.

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