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King of Lear

1. King Lear's daughters, Goneril and Reagan, initially express love for their father but only through flattery, while Cordelia remains honest in her love. 2. As a result of rewarding flattery over honesty, King Lear descends into madness after his daughters betray him, leaving him homeless in a storm. 3. Goneril and Reagan ignore and dishonor their father by stripping him of his kingdom and possessions. Their cruelty leads to justified downfalls, with Goneril killing Reagan and later committing suicide while imprisoned. The story concludes with the death of all main characters including King Lear and his loyal servant.

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King of Lear

1. King Lear's daughters, Goneril and Reagan, initially express love for their father but only through flattery, while Cordelia remains honest in her love. 2. As a result of rewarding flattery over honesty, King Lear descends into madness after his daughters betray him, leaving him homeless in a storm. 3. Goneril and Reagan ignore and dishonor their father by stripping him of his kingdom and possessions. Their cruelty leads to justified downfalls, with Goneril killing Reagan and later committing suicide while imprisoned. The story concludes with the death of all main characters including King Lear and his loyal servant.

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-How they initially express their love for King

Lear
saying that they loved him more than anything in
the world, but expressing it only in words
2-How Cordelia's response differs from her sisters
She only said that she loved him according to her
duty, but she was not going to give speeches as
long as her sisters.
3-which symbolizes Cordelia's refusal to make big
speeches and her directness
Seeing that her sisters won awards for such
deceptive words, she preferred to be frank and say
that she loved him without further ado.
4-Which symbolizes learning's descent into
madness and its crown of grass

(tragedy-justice?
5-What tragic events happen to King Lear as a
result of his daughters' cruelty?
They make him cry, They leave him in a very
heavy rain, The king enters a hut together with a
homeless man,
6-how they face their destiny goneril reagan
(betrayal theme?
7-How Goneril and Reagan betray their father
King Lear
They do not value everything that the king gave
them, and they begin to ignore him, they do not
give him the honor that a king deserves, and they
try to strip him of everything he has.
8-There is some redemption or justice for the
characters who acted cruelly in the story
Yes, they are killed
9-How the king's character evolves and learns
throughout the story
He is shown as someone proud and impulsive,
who out of anger makes a very bad decision,
begins to see the reality of his daughters and all
his pride disappears, now he regrets his decisions,
and falls into madness.
10-What events led to the definitive
transformation of learning
The mistreatment that his daughters gave him, and
to think that the daughter who loved him the most
treated him like any other person.
11-how madness plays a role in the story
The madness is given by the things that the king
has to go through after making a very bad
decision.
12-What is the meaning of the family theme in
King Lear?
13- how the story of king lear and his daughters
concludes
It concludes with the death of all the main
characters.
14-What is the final destiny of the characters in
the story?
Goneril killed Reagan, Goneril commits suicide in
prison, Cordelia is murdered, the king dies some
time later, and his faithful servant dies of grief
after him.
15-how the characters' decisions lead to their final
results
Goneril's jealousy leads her to kill her sister, and
this causes her to end up in prison and then
commit suicide.
Cordelia went to help her father, but he had her
killed
The king dies after so much bad treatment
and his servant dies of grief

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