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King Lear

King Lear. D.K. Lee. Giving Away Land Starts Conflict. King Lear, in Britain retires and decides to give up the land to his three daughters, Cornelia, Goneril and Regan They first have to marry to get land Goneril marries Duke of Albany Regan marries Duke of Cornwall No land to Cornelia .

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King Lear

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  1. King Lear D.K. Lee

  2. Giving Away Land Starts Conflict • King Lear, in Britain retires and decides to give up the land to his three daughters, Cornelia, Goneril and Regan • They first have to marry to get land • Goneril marries Duke of Albany • Regan marries Duke of Cornwall • No land to Cornelia. • Earl of Kent tries to make Lear reconsider, gets banished • Becomes queen of France

  3. Family of Gloucester • Edmund, and Edgar sons of Gloucester • Edmund wants land of father’s and is greedy • Only competition is Edgar • He betrays his own family

  4. Problems with Daughters • Kent disguises himself, and is hired to help Lear • Lear runs from Goneril’s house thinks of going to Regan’s • Oswald, steward of Goneril gets in fight with Earl • King Lear goes to Gloucester castle, and Leaves again into the storm

  5. Helping King Lear? • The Jester, or the Fool is the only one who doesn’t leave and is loyal to King Lear • Kent sends people to Dove to Cornelia to get French Forces • Edgar appears as a madman and helps Lear • King Lear is insane, or going crazy

  6. Conflicts Occur… • Gloucester is captured by Cornwall and Regan • Takes out his eyeball with his bare hands • Gloucester’s servant kills Cornwall • Helped by Edgar, who is disguised as a begger named “Poor TOM” to Dover, where Lear is

  7. Love Problems • Goneril and Regan both love Edmund • Albany, Goneril’s vows revenge when he knows about his treachery of his wife and Edmund

  8. Not Few… A lot of Deaths • Oswald meets Edgar and Gloucester and is killed by Edgar • Lear meets Cordelia at the camp • Back at camp, Edgar tells the truth to Gloucester and the old man dies happy • Lear and Cordelia are captured in battle

  9. Continued.. • Edmund is killed by Edgar who arrives at the castle • Goneril poisons Regan, kills herself • Cordelia is hung and Lear is almost killed but Lear kills with his bare hands • King Lear dies in grief over Cordelia

  10. Moral • Something needs to be given up for the sins that are done • If the problems are solved quickly, then love may be lost and deathamayoccur

  11. Betrayal • Everyone gets betrayed • King Lear from his daughter • Glochester • Son Edmund • Husbands • Albany and Cornwall from wives

  12. Families Still Loves Wants to help Saves Loves Wants to Kill Lear Loves

  13. Bibliography • Friedlander, Ed . "Enjoying "King Lear"." The Pathology Guy. 25 Dec. 2003. 23 Aug. 2008 <http:// www.pathguy.com/kinglear.htm>. • Friedlander, Ed . "Enjoying "King Lear"." The Pathology Guy. 25 Dec. 2003. 23 Aug. 2008 <http:// www.pathguy.com/kinglear.htm>.

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