The Storm
In Act III, Lear rushes from a fight with his daughters into a raging thunderstorm. It’s going to be no surprise to you to hear that the combin...Ancient, pre-Christian England
Lear is set in super ancient Britain. King Lear (or "Leir," in some versions of history) is a half-legendary, half-histor...Though all works of literature present the author’s point of view, they don’t all have a narrator or a narrative voice that ties together and presents the story. This particular piece o...
Tragedy
You might say, of course King Lear is a tragedy: everybody dies. But it’s not that simple. The end of the play – at which point Cord...Bleak
King Lear is a dark play, and its tone reflects this. The powerful language of Lear’s cursing of his daughters defines the play, and as Lear goes m...There’s a king and his name is Lear…and half of the other people in the play are related to him. Basically, he’s a big deal.
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