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King Lear Age v Youth

King Lear Age v Youth . Ao1 . The old gain sight towards the end of the play – the young stay ignorant – the characters of Goneril , Regan and Edmund don’t develop giving up authority to make way to the new generation – Lear struggles with this

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King Lear Age v Youth

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  1. King Lear Age v Youth

  2. Ao1 • The old gain sight towards the end of the play – the young stay ignorant – the characters of Goneril, Regan and Edmund don’t develop giving up authority to make way to the new generation – Lear struggles with this Age doesn’t guarantee wisdom and wisdom doesn’t guarantee power/ authority/ - The fool v Kind Lear

  3. A02 • The oldest hath born most we that are young/ shall never see so much nor live so long • So young and so untender • A poor, infirm, weak, and despised old man • O, sir! you are old; Nature in you stands on the very verge Of her confine.

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  5. AO4 • Status of the old and the young at the time – king james • Machievalian philosophy

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