KING LEAR

Which character poisons Regan?

What is the inescapable agent of someone's or something's downfall?

Who refuses to marry Cordelia after Lear banishes her?

Who says,"Why bastard? wherefore base?When my dimensions are as well compact, My mind as generous, and my shape as true"

Who does Goneril poison?

Who does Kent fight in Act 2, Scene 2?

Which character refers to Lear as "nuncle"?

Who said, "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child"?

Who said, "Blow winds, and crack your cheeks! Rage, blow!" (3.2.1)?

King Lear is based on a real story from Holinshed's Chronicles

Why is Edmund's arm bleeding in Act 2, scene 1?

Who blinds Gloucester?

What is the name of the character Edgar pretends to be when fleeing from Gloucester’s men?

Who said the following: "You have begot me, bred me, loved me: I return those duties back as are right fit"

Whom does Lear meet living in a little hovel on the heath?

Who says, "As flies to wonton boys are we to th’ gods; / They kill us for their sport”

Who said, "O dear son Edgar/The food of thy abused father's wrath/Might I but live to see thee in my touch"

Which character captures King Lear and Cordelia?

Which character disguises himself as Poor Tom?

Who says, "Yet _____ was beloved. The one the other poisoned for my sake, And after slew herself"

What are the names of Lear’s 3 daughters?

What is the affectionate term that the Fool uses for King Lear?

Who fights a duel with Edmund?

Which one of Lear's counselors reprimands him for exiling Cordelia?

Why does the Duke of Burgundy eventually reject Cordelia?

Who is King Lear speaking about when he says "into her womb convey sterility"?

Who wrote a book that mentions demons such as Obidicut, Hobbididance, Mahu, and Modo?

In Act 2, how does Regan react to Lear's anger towards Goneril?

What allowed Shakespeare to have characters that bewail the meaningless nature of life?

Why is Kent thrown into the stocks?

the point in a play, novel, etc., in which a principal character recognizes or discovers another character's true nature

King Lear explores issues surrounding an _______ theory of monarchy and ______ right of kings.

Who says, "And I'll go to bed at noon" (this character's last lines in the play)

Who is married to Goneril?

Goneril complains about Lear and his

Which character tells Lear to "check This hideous rashness" when he disinherits Cordelia?

Which character says, "Fairest Cordelia, thou art most rich being poor, most choice forsaken, and most love despised"

Which of the following characters does not die in King Lear?

What happens to Cordelia?

What message is the Fool trying to give to King Lear?

What is the literary term for a situation, person, or thing that combines contradictory features or qualities?

Which character dies in King Lear?

In Act 3, Scene 6, Edgar says the names of several demons from a book by Thomas Harsnett primarily about what topic?

Which character says, "I love your majesty according to my bond; nor more nor less"

What is the name of the place where all the characters are headed?

Who is married to Regan?

Who says, "Fairest Cordelia, that art most rich, being poor; Most choice, forsaken; and most loved, despised!"

Who said the following: "I grow; I prosper; / Now, gods, stand up for bastards"

excessive pride toward or defiance of the gods

a literary character who makes a judgment error that inevitably leads to his or her own destruction

Why is Edmund angry?