Character

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Introduction	Audiobook | Shakespearean Glossary | Context | Plot | External Links	File:Hw-shakespeare.png
Character and Characterisation	Dramatis Personae | Characterisation
Important events	Topic
Close Reading	Topic
Important ideas	Overview | Topic
Revision	Extension Activities
"A tragedy is a story of exceptional calamity leading to the death of a man in high estate" A.C. BRADLEY.

Character & characterisation

Dramatis personae

• Lear, King of Britain
• Goneril, Regan, Cordelia, daughters to Lear
• King of France
• Duke of Burgundy
• Duke of Cornwall
• Duke of Albany
• Earl of Kent
• Earl of Gloucester
• Edgar, son to Gloucester
• Edmund, bastard son to Gloucester
• Curan, a courtier
• Oswald, steward to Goneril
• Old Man, tenant to Gloucester
• Doctor
• Fool
• An Officer, employed by Edmund
• A Gentleman, attendant on Cordelia
• A Herald
• Servants to Cornwall
• Knights of Lear's train, Officers, Messengers, Soldiers, and Attendants

• Goneril and Regan from King Lear.jpg

  Goneril and Reagan

• King Lear allotting his Kingdom to his three daughters, by Julia Margaret Cameron.jpg

  Lear dividing his kingdom

• Cordelia - William Frederick Yeames.jpg

  Cordelia

• Kinglearpainting.jpeg

  King Lear and his Fool

Characterisation

Character	Brief description:	How do they change?	What are their main contributions?	Characterisation
King Lear	[What kind of person is he?]	[How does he change?]	[His main contributions]	[Comment on how Shakespeare develops him]
Goneril
Reagan
Cordelia
Kent
Oswald
Albany
Cornwall
The Fool