Lear help

DGRulz

I need Advice on my lear, I did an essay a few weeks ago on lear's daughters and got it back the other day w/ a B. But everytime i go to leanr any of my learn character notes i start having a panic attack. I know my poetry and comparetive really well, but how do i get around lear, there so much to learn and so little time??

PlayGirl

Strt with learning who's who, who does what and the general order of tat happens in the play, and some quotes.

For most Lear essays you can more or less get away with slightly jay summarising the play as long as at the end of each paragraph you link it to the question.

That's what I do anyways, but then again i'm not the best at english

kev9100

DGRulz wrote: »

I need Advice on my lear, I did an essay a few weeks ago on lear's daughters and got it back the other day w/ a B. But everytime i go to leanr any of my learn character notes i start having a panic attack. I know my poetry and comparetive really well, but how do i get around lear, there so much to learn and so little time??

Here is what I would say you need to know.

1 The order of events of the play.

2 The major themes

3 Lear's own personal transformation

4 Imagery

5 The Tragic Process

This is what I'm learning anyway and I think I'll be ok.

corolla 1991

DGRulz wrote: »

I need Advice on my lear, I did an essay a few weeks ago on lear's daughters and got it back the other day w/ a B. But everytime i go to leanr any of my learn character notes i start having a panic attack. I know my poetry and comparetive really well, but how do i get around lear, there so much to learn and so little time??

Im in the same boat as urself!!!
If you are really panicing, I would advise watching this new re-make of king lear
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/king-lear/watch-the-play/487/
I watched it with my book open and high-lighted the key quotes and general important parts. Its quite long but you really get the main points revised!!!

Mwah

im the same!!!! i have no idea what im gunna do
i just wanna do themes cause i like writing about them but have no clue what ones to do !!!

I don't really know much about imagery in the play...I should be covered knowing just characters (minus the Fool...) and themes though right?

Conor108

corolla 1991 wrote: »

Im in the same boat as urself!!!
If you are really panicing, I would advise watching this new re-make of king lear
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/king-lear/watch-the-play/487/
I watched it with my book open and high-lighted the key quotes and general important parts. Its quite long but you really get the main points revised!!!

Ah I just finished watching that this morning! Its SHOCKINGLY long! 3 hours! Did an hour a day with my book open and it definately has made the order of events clearer

corolla 1991

Conor108 wrote: »

Ah I just finished watching that this morning! Its SHOCKINGLY long! 3 hours! Did an hour a day with my book open and it definately has made the order of events clearer

oh stop, its seriousely long and unreal boring towards the end. Your man playing Lear takes about 10 mins to say a few lines, your just like hurry up!!! haha...it is very helpfull tho:D

MagsK93

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I don't really know much about imagery in the play...I should be covered knowing just characters (minus the Fool...) and themes though right?

The imagery i did was pathetic fallacy in the storm, lear giving away his crown and the fools imagery splitting the egg to symbolise the crown, insight after the loss of eyesight and the wheel of fortune

theowen

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I don't really know much about imagery in the play...I should be covered knowing just characters (minus the Fool...) and themes though right?

Yup. My teacher in the institute was really imagery though, just to let you know:rolleyes:

lucybrown

1. sibling rivalry
2. love as a redemptive force
3. journey of lear
4. suffering