Studying King Lear?

pbowenroe

I was just wondering, how do you guys study King Lear? Do you study characters and their quotes, key moments, themes etc......

OR....... do you learn off questions?(I don't want to go down this route...)

LNags

i CANNOT learn off questions!!! at all!!

we've got quotes n stuff...and we've talked about all the characters...

for a q on love(or goodness):Kent and cordelia...edgar too maybe the fool?

for evil: edmund and goneril and regan... also cornwall and oswald!

em iv heard the fool is likely to come up although i reckon theres not a whole pile to write on...the fool used to be played by the same person who played cordelia although i think this would be an unfair question really. it wouldnt be a solid answer, they'd only be getting themselves into trouble you know.

key scenes should be well known to be honest...storm scene can be used in almost all questions! reason in madness..yadda yadda.....

best of luck!!

pbowenroe

Thanks alot for replying, that actually helped alot. Best of luck to you too:)

LNags

ok i hope this works..just found am email from my teacher! i'll try post it here...but i could like email u the thing if ur interested??


i think id fail tryin to put it up here...let me know asap cos i wanna go sleep

LNags

its quite good too...brief notes and some sample answers...

pbowenroe

Ill PM u my email addy

LNags

work away! im not very...technical..it may take me a minute :P

fufureida

LNags wrote: »

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em iv heard the fool is likely to come up although i reckon theres not a whole pile to write on...the fool used to be played by the same person who played cordelia although i think this would be an unfair question really. it wouldnt be a solid answer, they'd only be getting themselves into trouble you know.

key scenes should be well known to be honest...storm scene can be used in almost all questions! reason in madness..yadda yadda.....

best of luck!!

Wrong. I have a 5 page essay on the fool that received a nice 60/60. It's likely to come up too so here's hoping.

MaggieNF

i really hope the fool doesn't come up.


but i read over notes, and learn quotes if you have quotes you can fill the points in around it


but if you know the story well you can change it for the question so with the time left i would say do that

FairyWings

fufureida wrote: »

Wrong. I have a 5 page essay on the fool that received a nice 60/60. It's likely to come up too so here's hoping.

any chnce you could forward that on?!?1

Ashashi

You can't expect him to give you his full mark essay do you? If I was him, I would keep it in a bloody safe, as if it does come up, then he is miles ahead the rest of us.


But I am hoping the Fool doesn't come up.

fufureida

Ashashi wrote: »

You can't expect him to give you his full mark essay do you? If I was him, I would keep it in a bloody safe, as if it does come up, then he is miles ahead the rest of us.


But I am hoping the Fool doesn't come up.

*she

I'm happy to share the main ideas. We are all in this together we should give eachother a hand and expect gratitude ie don't learn off peoples answers..

FairyWings

Ive heard the fool is coming up-but just in case im learning of others aswell. No I wasnt asking to learn your essay off.. sorry if you thought that.Ive just limited notes on the fool and anything would be helpful

fufureida

Yep I know but I will post stuff up whn I have the time.

FairyWings

thanks a million

MagsK93

Does anyone know what the main points are for love as a redemptive force are?? its the only thing im stuck on!

Ashashi

fufureida wrote: »

*she

I'm happy to share the main ideas. We are all in this together we should give eachother a hand and expect gratitude ie don't learn off peoples answers..

Oops, you can't tell on these things anyway, sorry

I think I have the main ideas, but I am wondering how many quotes you have?

I haven't anyway, except for the "I would offer you my coxcomb for ypur crown" when speaking to Lear, but that's about it.

I amn't looking for your quotes, just a general idea

Cheers, MISS fufureida:)

Pineapple123

Hi :-)

I'm COMPLETELY new to all this, so be nice

My english teacher says that as The Fool is a completely minor character there's an extremely small chance of him coming up...he could be wrong of course, but he generally produces a lot of A's (60% of his students:))

But...

1.Lears transformation
2.Language and Imagery
3.Blindness
4.Love
5.Sibling Rivalry or Good vs Evil

Who knows though

Conor108

Lads.....I REALLY hate English...

LNags

me too!!

if anyone wants the notes pm me with ur email address!!

Ashashi

Lear's transformation would be a beaut. Fingers crossed

Victoria.

Ashashi wrote: »

Oops, you can't tell on these things anyway, sorry

I think I have the main ideas, but I am wondering how many quotes you have?

I haven't anyway, except for the "I would offer you my coxcomb for ypur crown" when speaking to Lear, but that's about it.

I amn't looking for your quotes, just a general idea

Cheers, MISS fufureida:)

Quotes for the Fool: (ones I used in Fool essay)

'thou hadst little wit in thy bald crown when thous gavest thy golden one away'

'truth's a dog must to kennel he must be whipped out, when the lady brach may stand by the fire and stink'

'they'll have me whipped for speaking true, thoul't have me whipped for lying'

'and I'll go to bed at noon' (his final line)

'nuncle' (what he calls Lear)
'my boy' (Lear calls Fool)

'let go thy hold when a great wheel runs down a hill lest it break thy neck with following it'

'the hedge sparrow fed the cuckoo so long that it had it head bit off by its young'

Hope that helps, those are the main quotes by the Fool in the play.

Ashashi

Victoria. wrote: »

Quotes for the Fool: (ones I used in Fool essay)

'thou hadst little wit in thy bald crown when thous gavest thy golden one away'

'truth's a dog must to kennel he must be whipped out, when the lady brach may stand by the fire and stink'

'they'll have me whipped for speaking true, thoul't have me whipped for lying'

'and I'll go to bed at noon' (his final line)

'nuncle' (what he calls Lear)
'my boy' (Lear calls Fool)

'let go thy hold when a great wheel runs down a hill lest it break thy neck with following it'

'the hedge sparrow fed the cuckoo so long that it had it head bit off by its young'

Hope that helps, those are the main quotes by the Fool in the play.

That is brilliant, cheers

zoom!

For Lear you need to know:

Lear's character (how it changes)
The Sub plot
Imagery in the play


For good v evil/redemptive forces the layout is the same.

A typical intro would be:

There are many redemptive forces in the play King Lear. Throughout the play there is much suffereing inflicted on both Lear and Gloucester. However, these characters are redeemed by their children and in Lear's case, his loyal servant.

Then go on to talk about how Lear does evil in the play and beings suffering upon himself and gloucester too and then talk about how edgar and cordelia save them

Healium

What sort of imagery is required?

NotExactly

Ashashi wrote: »

You can't expect him to give you his full mark essay do you? If I was him, I would keep it in a bloody safe, as if it does come up, then he is miles ahead the rest of us.

SHHHHHHH Don't say that!:rolleyes:

MagsK93

zoom! wrote: »

For Lear you need to know:

Lear's character (how it changes)
The Sub plot
Imagery in the play


For good v evil/redemptive forces the layout is the same.

A typical intro would be:

There are many redemptive forces in the play King Lear. Throughout the play there is much suffereing inflicted on both Lear and Gloucester. However, these characters are redeemed by their children and in Lear's case, his loyal servant.

Then go on to talk about how Lear does evil in the play and beings suffering upon himself and gloucester too and then talk about how edgar and cordelia save them

thank you, sorted

Finical

I hope the theme of nature or the theme of power come up.

Anyone reckon they have a good chance of coming up?

fufureida

Ashashi wrote: »

Oops, you can't tell on these things anyway, sorry

I think I have the main ideas, but I am wondering how many quotes you have?

I haven't anyway, except for the "I would offer you my coxcomb for ypur crown" when speaking to Lear, but that's about it.

I amn't looking for your quotes, just a general idea

Cheers, MISS fufureida:)

I am posting everything for fool up tommorow. Be patient please. :

oh and by the way, my essay only has 5 quotes and received an A1)

LNags

ok guys heres a small bit on redemptive forces of love vs evil.. or something!!

LNags

a few more bits...

Eire-Dearg

Healium wrote: »

What sort of imagery is required?

Animal imagery and clothes imagery.

curlypops

LNags - you have lovely writing!:D

thanks a million!

fufureida

LNags wrote: »

a few more bits...

You have no idea how thankful I am... If I was near you I would probably do special favours for you.

LNags

haha no probs lads..! hope they helped..im starting to worry

FyeaG

...i got everythin' else i need covered for 2morrow, only king lear, anyone any ideas where to start?

dodgystuff

If imagery comes up I will jump out of my seat and kiss the nearest person to me. It's so easy to answer on compared to all the crappy character questions.

I'm studying:
Imagery
Goneril/Regan
Edmund
Cordelia
Lear
Fool
Madness (looking over roughly just in case because my English teacher seems adament on this)
Good v Evil (same as above)

Still need to go back everything though, that's what i've done over the space of a week so..

My teacher, whose predictions always seem right thinks it'll be LEar with Cordelia, something to do with their relationship.

I HATE LEAR