King Lear
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Act 1, scene 1 Act 1, scene 2 Act 1, scene 3 Act 1, scene 4 Act 1, scene 5 Act 2, scene 1 Act 2, scene 2 Act 2, scene 3 Act 2, scene 4 Act 3, scene 1 Act 3, scene 2 Act 3, scene 3 Act 3, scene 4 Act 3, scene 5 Act 3, scene 6 Act 3, scene 7 Act 4, scene 1 Act 4, scene 2 Act 4, scene 3 Act 4, scene 4 Act 4, scene 5 Act 4, scene 6 Act 4, scene 7 Act 5, scene 1 Act 5, scene 2 Act 5, scene 3
Themes
All Themes Fathers, Children, and Siblings Authority and Order Disintegration, Chaos, Nothingness Old Age Fooling and Madness Blindness and Insight
Quotes
Characters
All Characters King Lear Cordelia Goneril Edmund Edgar Kent Fool Albany France
Symbols
All Symbols The Stars, Heavens, and the Gods Animals Clothing and Costumes
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices Alliteration Allusions Dramatic Irony Foil Foreshadowing Genre Hyperbole Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Motifs Parody Personification Setting Similes Soliloquy Style Tone
Quizzes
All Quizzes Act 1, scene 1 Quiz Act 1, scene 2 Quiz Act 1, scene 3 Quiz Act 1, scene 4 Quiz Act 1, scene 5 Quiz Act 2, scene 1 Quiz Act 2, scene 2 Quiz Act 2, scene 3 Quiz Act 2, scene 4 Quiz Act 3, scene 1 Quiz Act 3, scene 2 Quiz Act 3, scene 3 Quiz Act 3, scene 4 Quiz Act 3, scene 5 Quiz Act 3, scene 6 Quiz Act 3, scene 7 Quiz Act 4, scene 1 Quiz Act 4, scene 2 Quiz Act 4, scene 3 Quiz Act 4, scene 4 Quiz Act 4, scene 5 Quiz Act 4, scene 6 Quiz Act 4, scene 7 Quiz Act 5, scene 1 Quiz Act 5, scene 2 Quiz Act 5, scene 3 Quiz
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King Lear

by

William Shakespeare

King Lear Quizzes

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Act 1, scene 1 Quiz 9 questions
Act 1, scene 2 Quiz 8 questions
Act 1, scene 3 Quiz 3 questions
Act 1, scene 4 Quiz 5 questions
Act 1, scene 5 Quiz 3 questions
Act 2, scene 1 Quiz 5 questions
Act 2, scene 2 Quiz 5 questions
Act 2, scene 3 Quiz 2 questions
Act 2, scene 4 Quiz 7 questions
Act 3, scene 1 Quiz 2 questions
Act 3, scene 2 Quiz 2 questions
Act 3, scene 3 Quiz 2 questions
Act 3, scene 4 Quiz 4 questions
Act 3, scene 5 Quiz 2 questions
Act 3, scene 6 Quiz 2 questions
Act 3, scene 7 Quiz 6 questions
Act 4, scene 1 Quiz 3 questions
Act 4, scene 2 Quiz 4 questions
Act 4, scene 3 Quiz 2 questions
Act 4, scene 4 Quiz 3 questions
Act 4, scene 5 Quiz 3 questions
Act 4, scene 6 Quiz 5 questions
Act 4, scene 7 Quiz 3 questions
Act 5, scene 1 Quiz 4 questions
Act 5, scene 2 Quiz 2 questions
Act 5, scene 3 Quiz 12 questions
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