Analyze the character King Lear:   a tragic hero? (does he recognize his flaws and gain self-knowledge?) his nobility (is he …

What is Cordelia’s influence in the play, upon the characters, and upon our estimate of them? What is the view …

Discuss the Fool in King Lear and his function in the play. Was he a boy or a man? What …

When and in what form was King Lear first published? How, according to Dowden, do we fix the order of …

Discuss the effect of suffering on both Lear and Gloucester. Explain the irony in the deaths of Lear and Cordelia. …

Trace the different stages of Lear’s insanity. Is it true that King Lear is the tragedy of a “man going …

  Discuss the claim that King Lear is too full of improbabilities to be believable. Examine Act 1 Scene 2 …

  Discuss the contribution to King Lear of the minor roles (such as Albany, Cornwall, Oswald, Kent, the Fool). ‘A …

  ‘Gloucester is no less a tragic figure than his king.’ To what extent can you agree with this view? …

  ‘Chaos from conflict of authority is the very essence of the play.’ How far do you agree with this …