King Lear Contents
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Introduction
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Timeline
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Images
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Author(s)
- The context of King Lear
- Synopsis and commentary
- The language of King Lear
- Characterisation in King Lear
- Themes in King Lear
- Imagery and motifs in King Lear
- The structure of King Lear
- Critical approaches to King Lear
- Approaching essays and exams on King Lear
- Resources and further reading on King Lear
- Timeline of Shakespeare's works
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Everyman fighting with Death
Three daughters of King Lear by Gustav Pope, image available through Creative Commons
The four temperaments by Lavater
Image of an eclipse
Hunter with horn
Image of a fool
Epicurus
The Pleiades
Plan of Old Sarum
Lady Fortune spinning her wheel
Bethlem Hospital
Lady Fortune spinning her wheel
Eclipse
Prometheus and eagle
Alchemist's Workshop
King Lear in the storm by Benjamin West 1788
Pelican
Bear baiting
Hung, drawn and quartered
Torture in the 16th century
Sigmund Freud
The book of Job, image available through Creative Commons
Medieval illustration of hell
James I and Anne of Denmark
Globe Theatre
King Lear Title page 1608 edition
Andrew Cecil Bradley 1891
Germaine Greer, image available through Creative Commons
King Lear Title page 1608
Mary Queen of Scots
The King in the Medieval Parliament
Martin Luther
John Florio
Portrait of James I by John de Critz c 1606
The Decameron
Lady Fortune spinning her wheel
Jesus welcomes the children
The crucifixion
Carrion
Adam and Eve
The Book of Common Prayer
Gauntlets
Adam and Eve
Ixion
Cordelia by William Frederick Yeames 1888
Goneril and Regan by Edwin Austin Abbey 1902
Lear 1769 unknown artist
King Lear 1769 artist unknown
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