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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42 - The Theme of Blindness in King Lear
Cog sheet! How to answer a typical exam question interrogated and analysed by introduction, body of answer and conclusion.
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50 - The Animal imagery in King Lear leaves the most lasting impression - Discuss
Cog sheet! How to answer a typical exam question interrogated and analysed by introduction, body of answer and conclusion.
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49 - Favourite Quotes - Lear in Act 3 Scene 2
Favourite Quotes - Lear in Act 3 Scene 2 , I am a man / More sinned against than sinning.
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48 - Act 5 Scene 3 - The final movement - Lear, Cordelia and Edmund
Act 5 Scene 3 - The final movement - Lear, Cordelia and Edmund. Towards the conclusion of the Lear Story
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47 - Why Cordelia and The Fool don’t meet in King Lear
Why Cordelia and The Fool don’t meet in King Lear. Some thoughts.
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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…
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45 - Cordelia plays a very important role in the play King Lear. Analyse.
Cog sheet! How to answer a typical exam question interrogated and analysed by introduction, body of answer and conclusion.
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44 - Scene Study Act 4 Scene 7 - Lear, Cordelia and The Doctor
Scene Study Act 4 Scene 7 - Lear, Cordelia and The Doctor.
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43 - The Main Plot, the Sub Plot and the Parallel Plot
The Main Plot, the Sub Plot and the Parallel Plot in King Lear - Introduction, expansion, conclusion. Cog sheet! How to answer a typical exam question interrogated and analysed by…
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51 - Act 5 Scene 3 - The final movement Edgar meets Edmund.
Act 5 Scene 3 - The final movement - Edgar meets Edmund. Towards the conclusion of the Gloucester Story
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41 - The Theme of Nature in King Lear
The Theme of Nature in King Lear
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40 - Three Favourite Quotes
Three Favourite Quotes - Lear in Act 5 Scene 3 - We two alone will sing like birds i' th' cage. Goneril in Act 1 Scene 1 - Sir, I do love you more than words can wield the matter,…
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39 - Act 4 Scene 6 - Scene Study - Gloucester’s ‘death’
Gloucester’s ‘death’. The modernity of Shakespeare’s writing.
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38 - The image of the Wheel and the Journey
The image of the Wheel and the Journey
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37 - Animal imagery in King Lear
Animal imagery in King Lear
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36 - Three Favourite Quotes
Lear in Act 3 Scene 2 - I. Am a man more sinned against than sinning - Gloucester - ‘ O my follies! Then Edgar was abused. Kind gods, forgive me that, and prosper him. Edmund in Ac…
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35 - Scene Study - Act 4 Scene 1
The word ‘Nothing’. The Theme of Nature - As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods.
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34 - The experiences of Gloucester at the hands of his sons
The experiences of Gloucester at the hands of his sons deepens and heightens the experiences of Lear at the hands of his daughters. Exploring the main and subplots. Cog sheet! How…
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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.
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53 - Selfishness and selflessness in King Lear
Cog sheet! How to answer a typical exam question interrogated and analysed by introduction, body of answer and conclusion.