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King Lear, George Frederick Bensell. The Tragedy of King Lear, often shortened to King Lear, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is loosely based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between his daughters Goneril and Regan, who pay homage to gain favour, feigning ...
King Lear is the central character in King Lear. He divides his kingdom among his two elder daughters, is rejected by them, runs mad, and dies. ... New Penguin ...
Edgar is the worthy, legitimate son of Gloucester in King Lear. He disguises himself as "Poor Tom". Edmund: Edmund is the bastard son of Gloucester, and the most calculating of the villains, in King Lear. Edmund Mortimer (1) is a claimant to the English throne, and a leader of the rebel forces, in Henry IV, Part 1. [5]
Shakespeare based the character on Regan, a personage described by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his pseudo-historical chronicle Historia regum Britanniae ("History of the Kings of Britain", c. 1138) as one of the British king Lear's three daughters, alongside Goneril and Cordelia (the source for Cordelia), and the mother of Cunedagius.
The Fool in King Lear – The Royal Shakespeare Company writes of the Fool: There is no contemporary parallel for the role of Fool in the court of kings. As Shakespeare conceives it, the Fool is a servant and subject to punishment ('Take heed, sirrah – the whip ' 1:4:104) and yet Lear's relationship with his fool is one of friendship and ...
Cordelia is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's tragic play King Lear.Cordelia is the youngest of King Lear's three daughters and his favorite. After her elderly father offers her the opportunity to profess her love to him in return for one-third of the land in his kingdom, she replies that she loves him "according to her bond" and she is punished for the majority of the play.
Ukrainians displaced by war find new purpose in Shakespeare's play of love, loss and madness, bringing their version to the bard's hometown. A Ukrainian 'King Lear' comes to Shakespeare's hometown ...
Goneril is a character in William Shakespeare's tragic play King Lear (1605). She is the eldest of King Lear's three daughters. Along with her sister Regan, Goneril is considered a villain, obsessed with power and overthrowing her elderly father as ruler of the kingdom of Britain.