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Title: KING LEAR NOTES - on Gloucester's suicide
Description: A brief notes page about Gloucester's Suicide in the play King Lear. These notes are for A-level students who are studying King Lean in their English Literature qualification. This page contains; an easily understandable summary of the scene, key quotes and analysis, as well as context points. This is a key moment in the play and can be worked into almost any essay - so it is useful to know it in depth before your exams!
Description: A brief notes page about Gloucester's Suicide in the play King Lear. These notes are for A-level students who are studying King Lean in their English Literature qualification. This page contains; an easily understandable summary of the scene, key quotes and analysis, as well as context points. This is a key moment in the play and can be worked into almost any essay - so it is useful to know it in depth before your exams!
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KING LEAR
GLOUCESTERS SUICIDE – ACT 4, SCENE 6
SCENE SUMMARY:
Still in disguise as ‘poor tom’, Edgar pretends to lead Gloucester up onto a cliff at
dover, where he intends to commit suicide
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He says they are there
and pretends to leave Gloucester on the ‘cliff’, where Gloucester prays for
forgiveness then ‘jumps’ and passes out as he falls to the ground
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Gloucester accepts this explanation that he has been
saved by the gods, and agrees to endure & live
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• ‘horribly steep’ Edgar convinces Gloucester he is really climbing a hill
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• ‘thy life’s a miracle’ - Egdar is emphatic as he insists that the gods must
have saved Gloucester from death
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His belief in higher powers could
explain why he easily accepts Edgars reasoning that the gods want him to
live
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This is why Gloucester prays for forgiveness and asks
Edgar to keep his suicide a secret
...
Title: KING LEAR NOTES - on Gloucester's suicide
Description: A brief notes page about Gloucester's Suicide in the play King Lear. These notes are for A-level students who are studying King Lean in their English Literature qualification. This page contains; an easily understandable summary of the scene, key quotes and analysis, as well as context points. This is a key moment in the play and can be worked into almost any essay - so it is useful to know it in depth before your exams!
Description: A brief notes page about Gloucester's Suicide in the play King Lear. These notes are for A-level students who are studying King Lean in their English Literature qualification. This page contains; an easily understandable summary of the scene, key quotes and analysis, as well as context points. This is a key moment in the play and can be worked into almost any essay - so it is useful to know it in depth before your exams!