King Lear By: William Shakespeare 08 April, 2013 Salar Qasim Cihan University.

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King Lear By: William Shakespeare 08 April, 2013 Salar Qasim Cihan University

A King grown old but not wise

Introduction Genre Hamartia Character map Major themes Parallel plots Plot Summary Conclusion Discussion

Genre “King Lear” is classified as tragedy To be tragedy two things are to be true: –The main character must be someone who matters (important), like “King Lear’ himself. –The tragic hero has to be put in a situation with the flaws in his character lead to demise

Hamartia As a tragedy, King Lear portrays a protagonist whose fortunes are conditioned by his hamartia. As defined by Aristotle, the protagonist of a tragedy should be a person “who is not eminently good or just, yet whose fortune is brought about by some error or frailty.” This error is not necessarily a flaw in character; hamartia can be an unwitting misstep in definite action or the failure to perform a definite action. Lear‘s hamartia is the capricious division of his powers and kingdom before his death—more particularly, the disavowal of Cordelia because she will speak “nothing”

“tell me how much you love me”

Character map

Themes, Motifs & Symbols Themes - Justice:King Lear is a brutal play, filled with human cruelty and awful, seemingly meaningless disasters. - Authority versus Chaos: King Lear is about political authority as much as it is about family dynamics. - Reconciliation: Cordelia remains devoted, even from afar, and eventually brings an army from a foreign country to rescue him from his tormentors.

Themes, Motifs & Symbols Motifs - Madness:Insanity occupies a central place in the play and is associated with both disorder and hidden wisdom - Betrayal: King Lear is about political authority as much as it is about family dynamics.

Themes, Motifs & Symbols Symbols - The Storm:the storm echoes Lear’s inner turmoil and mounting madness - Blindness:Gloucester’s physical blindness symbolizes the metaphorical blindness that grips both Gloucester and Lear.

Parallel Plots Each family centers on an aging father (patriarch) Lear: imperious tyrant Gloucester: gullible Each sees his children through a distorted lens, turning against the child who truly loves him, unleashing in the other children greed, lust, ambition.

Plot Summary “King Lear” is about conflicts between fathers & their children. Lear has three daughters (1 of them loves him & 2 of them no) He gets angry at the good daughter, Cordelia & gives his kingdom to the 2 bad daughters, Goneril and Regan Once they in charge of the kingdom, the bad daughters send him outside in a storm

Plot Summary The other father is Glauster, one of Lear’s nobleman He has 2 sons: Edmund and Edgar Edmund, the younger one is a bastard Edmund makes a plot to get rid of his brother and father to inherit Glauster’s money

Plot Summary King Lear announces he is going to give up his kingdom among his daughters and divide it on his 3 daughters He wants each of them to say how much they love him (who loves him most) Goneril & Regan lie and say “they love Lear more that anything” Cordelia, who actually does love him won’t do it – she says “she loves him as much as she should love her father, no more no less”

Plot Summary Lear banishes Cordelia and tells he she is not his daughter any more Goneril & Regan would divide his portion Lear announces he is going to keep 100 knights as his followers He spend his remaining days visiting Goneril & Regan Kent tells Lear he’s acting crazy and he should change his mind Lear tells him to “shut up” and dismisses him also from England – he will be dead if come back

Plot Summary The King of France is visiting Lear and he takes Cordelia to be his queen Edmund writes a fake letter that Edgar wants to kill his father, Glauster Goneril & Regan dismiss Lear from their house even though it was night and storm Cordelia’s follower catch Lear and he apologizes for his dicision Cornwall, Regan’s husband is killed by 1 of his followers Goneril & Regan are both in love with Edmund

Plot Summary A battle between Albany, Goneril’s husband and the king of France, Cordelia’s husband breaks up Cordelia’s forces lose and she is killed Goneril & Regan and Edmund are all killed Finally, the protagonist “Lear” is

Plot Summary Finally, the protagonist “Lear” is also dead after he lost his mind again

Conclusion Lear made a huge mistake by banishing his good daughter, Cordelia He did not listen Kent, his Earl Lear should not give up his power and divide his kingdom among his daughters before he dies Once he was powerless, was damned by his 2 bad daughters All the consequences were caused by the bad decision of Lear

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