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Shakespeare’s “King Lear”

Shakespeare’s “King Lear”. Shakespeare’s development as a dramatist. The Globe Theatre.

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Shakespeare’s “King Lear”

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  1. Shakespeare’s “King Lear”

  2. Shakespeare’s development as a dramatist

  3. The Globe Theatre • The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, and was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613. A second Globe Theatre was rebuilt on the same site by June 1614 and closed in 1642

  4. Phase One • 1590-1593 “Henry VI” Parts 2 and 3 • 1591-1592 “Henry VI” Part 1 • 1592-1593 “Richard III“ • “The Comedy of Errors” • 1593-1594 “Titus Andronicus” • “The Taming of the Shrew” • 1594-1595 “The Two Gentleman of Verona” • “Love’s Labour’s Lost” • “Romeo and Juliet”

  5. Phase Two • 1595-1596 “Richard II “ • “A Midsummmer Night’s Dream” • 1596-1597 “King John” • “The Merchant of Venice” • 1597-1598 “Henry IV” Parts 1 and 2 • 1598-1599 “Much Ado about nothing” • “Henry V” • 1599-1600 ”Julius Caesar” • “The Merry Wives of Windsor” • “As You Like It” • “Twelfth Night”

  6. Phase Three • 1600-1601 “Hamlet” • 1601-1602 “Troilus and Cressida” • 1602-1603 “All’s Well that Ends Well ” • 1604-1605 “Measure of Measure”

  7. Phase Four • 1604-1605 “Othello” • 1605-1606 “Macbeth” • “King Lear” • 1606-1607 “Antony and Cleopatra” • 1607-1608 “Coriolanus” • “Timon of Athens”

  8. Phase Five • 1608-1609 “Pericles” • 1609-1610 “Cymbeline” • 1610-1611 ”The Winter’s Tale” • 1611-1612 “The Tempest”

  9. Categories • History Play: The history play ,or chronicle, may tend to tragedy ,like Richard II ,or to comedy like Henry V. • Tragedy: Tragedy in simple terms meant that the protagonist died. • Comedy: Comedy in simple terms meant that the play ended happily for the protagonist.

  10. King Lear

  11. Main Characters • King Lear • His daughters: Goneril,Regan,Corderia • Gloucester • Gloucester’s sons: Edgar,Edmund • Kent – King Lear’s most dearest friend • The Fool - leaves the kingdom with the king and Kent • Albany – Goneril’s husband • Cornwall – Regan’s husband

  12. Plot • Main Plot: (Part 1) • King Lear decides to divide his kingdom amongst his daughters:Goneril (the oldest, married to Albany ),Regan (married to Cornwall),Cordelia (the youngest, wanted by the King of France) • King Lear calls his daughters to express their love to him, he flattered by the elder sisters, only Cordelia says the truth. • The King disowns Cordelia. The King of France accepts her. • Kent is also banished by the king (he disagrees with Lear’s decisions).He is then disguised as a member of the King’s revenue.

  13. Plot • Sub-plot: (part 1) • Edmund (Glaucester’s son),persuades his father to oust Edgar (his older brother). • Edmund presents his father a fake letter (written by himself). • Edmund persuades Edgar to flee to escape his father’s wrath.

  14. Plot • Main Plot: (Part 2) • The kingdom is shared between the elder sisters. • Lear lives with Goneril who treats him badly (humiliates him). Then he lives with Regan but he is treated in the same way. • The King leaves with his Fool and Kent. A storm occurs. They meet Edgar,posing as a mad beggar.

  15. Plot • Sub-plot: (part 2) • Gloucester confides to Edmund news of a movement to restore Lear to the throne • Edmund betrays his father to Regan and Cornwall • Gloucester is blinded and chased away.

  16. Plot • Cornwall is killed by a horrified servant. • Edgar meets his father (without discovering his true identity) • Goneril falls in love with Edmund and gets rid of her husband. • Lear is led to Dover by Kent to join Cordelia and the French forces. • Cordelia finds Lear and makes every effort to nurse him back to health and sanity

  17. Plot • Edgar saves his father from attempted suicide and from a murderous onslaught by Oswald,Goneril’s steward.Then he discovers a letter Goneril has written to Edmund • Edgar reveals the letter he found. In it,Edmund’s plans are revealed – no matter which sister he marrieds,Albany,Lear and Cordelia must be disposed of.

  18. Plot • The French forces are defeated.Lear and Cordelia are taken as prisoners and Edmund wants them executed. • Goneril poisons Regan. • Edmund engages in a combat with Edgard. • Edmund receives a mortal wound • Goneril kills herself. • Edmund tries to rescind the order of execution,but it’s too late. • Lear enters with Cordelia’s body in his arms • The kingdom is turned over to Edmund.

  19. Created by: • -Zdravko Botushanov • -Vladislav Antov

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