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Clear understanding of what is right or wrong
Religious faith
Self-sacrifice
What drives the "good" character?
Sympathy
A sense of service and duty
Care for the vulnerable
Animal Imagery
An inspection of the villains
Hero, heroine and villain
THINK: Who is the most evil character?
King Lear shows extremes cases of good and evil.
Consider: what influences people's behaviour?
Planetary influences
Hereditary influence
Money
Oswald: devoted to his mistress and is willing to do horrible acts.
Who are the "good" characters?
Who are the "bad" characters?
Edmund
Goneril
Regan
Cornwall
Lear
Cordelia
Kent
Edgar
The Fool
Gloucester
Albany
Cornwall: No apparent redeeming quality, blinds Gloucester and is cowardly and cruel.
What defines their evil status?
What are their good actions?
Intentions
Edmund: recognises his evil and embraces it, self-centred and driven, two perspectives on people (help him achieve his goals/ hinders his progress.)
- To explore the theme of Hero, Heroine and Villain.
Regan: no empathy, punitive and manipulative.
- To identify animal imagery in the text and its use.
Goneril: commits adultery, poisons her sister, plots to murder her husband, allows Cordelia to be hanged.
- To analyse the role of nature in King Lear.
PAIR: Having read the list of characteristics and actions, has your opinion changed? Why?
- To discuss blindness, sight and madness.
- To show the significance of mirroring in King Lear.
Themes, imagery,
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