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KING LEAR
Assignment: Character and Plot analysis
Subject: Introduction to Literature
Setting:
Where (place): It is set in pre-Christian Britain
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We
see a king, who is about to divide his kingdom among his daughters and before doing so he
wants to test their loyalty for himself
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Everything is courtly and characters seem to be refined people but as the
story proceeds they start showing their true colors
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We see an empire here also
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Plot:
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III
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V
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Rising action: Youngest and the most beloved daughter of the king, Cordelia, says she loves
him as much as he deserves
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Climax: After being given almost all the power, both the princesses start to mistreat their
father
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But he king comes to know about
their plan through one of his servants
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Falling action: The king soon realizes that being a beggar is not a good position to be in
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Resolution: Cordelia loses the battle and is imprisoned along with her father
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Unfortunately she is hanged and the king dies out of grief
with the body of her daughter in his arms
Characters:
Major characters:
King Lear: The main character, who is the king if Britain
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He is an aging old man who wants to divide his kingdom
among his daughters and wants to retire and relax
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She also loves her father the
most
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She gets married king of France and later in launches a movement to save her father
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Goneril: Lear’s oldest daughter, greedy and mean by nature
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After setting it all mistreats her father and plans on killing him
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Regan: Other daughter of Lear
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She is also evil like her sister and
mistreats her father once she gets her share
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Gloucester: He is a noble-man of Lear’s court
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He misjudges his loyal and good son, just like the king
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For this act of his, his eyes are taken out by
Cornwell
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He is a good son and noble man
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After Gloucester
is kicked out of the palace, he meets him by chance
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By the end he is the only
when left, along with Albany to rule the kingdom
Minor characters:
Edmund: He is illegitimate son of Gloucester
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He
conspires against his brother and also has an affair with Goneril
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At the end he is killed by his brother Edgar
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Duke of Albany: He is the husband Goneril
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Duke of Cornwell: He is the husband of Regan
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He takes out the eyes of Gloucester
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Earl of Kent: He is a nobleman of Lear’s court
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He keeps watching out for the king even after he is banished
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One of his loyal servants and well-wishers
Functions:
The following characters have the following functions
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Foil: Gloucester is the foil, as his story is almost same as the king
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Whenever a father will watch this play, no matter from which era or
area of world he belongs to, this play is going to touch his emotions