Morgan Minch
Kessler
AP Lit
6 August 2017
Summer Reading Summary
Title:
The Tragedy of King Lear
Author:
William Shakespeare
Seting:
France and Britain BC
Most events take place in the palaces or castles, each character's land
The heath
Dover
Point of View:
The point of view is told from the perspective of a narrator. It is third-person, All the audience knows is what is told and presented on stage.
5 acts
Literary Devices:
Irony: King Lear exiles Cordelia his only daughter that truly loves him. The fool is wise and reasonable, while Lear, who is supposed to be a wise, is lost and confused.
Symbolism: The King's crown symbolizes his power and when he gives away his power and loses his crown all he is left with is a bald head. The storm …show more content…
Cordelia: Lear’s only daughter who truly loves him and realizes that his games are silly, she is smart and independent but still loves her family despite how selfish they are.
Goneril & Regan: The wicked daughters of Lear, they are willing at first but then once they had enough they took very risky, extreme, ruthless actions to get rid of their father, and didn't stop once he was gone.
Gloucester: Gloucester's blinding in the play makes literal his emotional blindness towards his two sons, Edgar and Edmund, when he becomes blind does Gloucester really see who his children really are.
Edgar: Edgar is framed by edmund and doesn't tell his father who he is, he started off rich and trusting but then became poor tom and just watched everything happen.
Edmund: A villain who has a soft side, he's not very polite and after his father accusing him all the time of being a bastard he decides to turn the tables.
Minor Characters:
Duke of Albany: Goneril's husband, he lets her walk all over him, he is good but Goneril is bad symbolizing the good team never
Kessler
AP Lit
6 August 2017
Summer Reading Summary
Title:
The Tragedy of King Lear
Author:
William Shakespeare
Seting:
France and Britain BC
Most events take place in the palaces or castles, each character's land
The heath
Dover
Point of View:
The point of view is told from the perspective of a narrator. It is third-person, All the audience knows is what is told and presented on stage.
5 acts
Literary Devices:
Irony: King Lear exiles Cordelia his only daughter that truly loves him. The fool is wise and reasonable, while Lear, who is supposed to be a wise, is lost and confused.
Symbolism: The King's crown symbolizes his power and when he gives away his power and loses his crown all he is left with is a bald head. The storm …show more content…
Cordelia: Lear’s only daughter who truly loves him and realizes that his games are silly, she is smart and independent but still loves her family despite how selfish they are.
Goneril & Regan: The wicked daughters of Lear, they are willing at first but then once they had enough they took very risky, extreme, ruthless actions to get rid of their father, and didn't stop once he was gone.
Gloucester: Gloucester's blinding in the play makes literal his emotional blindness towards his two sons, Edgar and Edmund, when he becomes blind does Gloucester really see who his children really are.
Edgar: Edgar is framed by edmund and doesn't tell his father who he is, he started off rich and trusting but then became poor tom and just watched everything happen.
Edmund: A villain who has a soft side, he's not very polite and after his father accusing him all the time of being a bastard he decides to turn the tables.
Minor Characters:
Duke of Albany: Goneril's husband, he lets her walk all over him, he is good but Goneril is bad symbolizing the good team never