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Decks in this class (14)

Quotations Act 1
Gloucester talking about edmund,
Lear talking to his three daughte...,
Gonerill flattering lear during t...
23  cards
Quotations Act 2
Gloucester talking about edgar be...,
Kent insulting oswald,
Edgar delivering a soliloquy abou...
16  cards
Vocab
Two faced,
Goneril and regan praise lear in ...,
Goneril and regan are very
28  cards
context
Influences on shakespeare 1,
James i123,
The divine right of kings 12
16  cards
Quotations Act 3
Lear shouting at the storm beginn...,
The storm scene act 3,
Lear shouting at the storm act 3 ...
15  cards
key quotations Act 4
Gloucester talking to the old man,
Gloucester talking to the old man...,
Gloucester talking to the old man...
23  cards
character description
Gloucester start,
Lear start,
Goneril regan
5  cards
quotations Act 5
Cordelia talking to lear beginnin...,
Lear talking to cordelia near the...,
Lear talking to cordelia at the s...
15  cards
General context
King lear
1  cards
Theme: Power
Topic sentences,
The presentation of power as ephe...,
Shakespeare perceivably employs a...
7  cards
Theme: Loyalty/ disloyalty/ betrayal
Topic sentences,
The preponderance of the youth in...,
Shakespeare emphasises a link bet...
7  cards
Theme:Blindness/ deception/ appearances and reality
Topic sentences,
Regan and goneril pursue an artfu...,
Shakespeare echoes the insincerit...
9  cards
Theme: cruelty/ suffering
Topic sentences,
The preponderance of the youth in...,
Shakespeare perceivably employs a...
7  cards
Grice's maxims
Grice s maxims,
The 4 subheadings for grice s maxims,
Maxims of quantity
6  cards

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