A look at the language in the playSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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17 - Five favourite quotes
Lear in Act 4 Scene 7 - I’m a Foolish fond old man … Gloucester in Act 4 Scene 1 - I have no way and therefore want no eyes …. Gloucester in Act 2 Scene 1 - My old heart is cracked, it’s cracked …. Lear in Act 4 Scene 1 - As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods …. Lear in Act 5 Scene 3 never, never, never, never, never.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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52 - King Lear is not a tragic hero, he is really only a victim of circumstances. Discuss.
Cog sheet! How to answer a typical exam question interrogated and analysed by introduction, body of answer and conclusion.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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09 - Two favourite quotes
Edmund in Act 5 Scene 3 in the camp near Dover “This speech of yours hath moved me, And shall perchance do good: but speak you on; You look as you had something more to say.” And Lear in Act 3 Scene 2 “Poor fool and knave, I have one part in my heart that's sorry yet for thee!"See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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46 - The character of Cordelia
The character of Cordelia, quiet, economical, determined in 118 lines of visual language (Cog sheet! How to answer a typical exam question interrogated and analysed by introduction, body of answer and conclusion. )See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
66 episodes to help you study Shakespeare's "King Lear" - including scene analysis with actor and director Alan Stanford, teachers and students sharing Leaving Cert sample answers, theme explainers, favourite quotes and the King Lear Quiz where (just like the Leaving Cert) all your favourite questions come up! Starring the students from Moyne Community School, Scoil Mhuire and St. Mel’s College, Longford, Carraigallen Vocational School, Leitrim. Compiled by RTÉ Radio 1's Drama on One team.
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