Act 3 Scene 3

Question 1

Quote showing powerlessness of Gloucester

Answer 1

They took from me the use of mine own house

Question 2

Analysis of “they took from me the use of mine own house”

Answer 2

-Villains in power,main protagonists powerless
-Unnatural order provoked due to villains breaking laws of hospitality

Question 3

Quote showing Gloucester’s increased strength and courage

Answer 3

“If I die for it…the King my old master must be relieved”

Question 4

Quote showing Gloucester having told Edmund the plan and Edmund planning to tell duke

Answer 4

“This courtesy,forbid thee,shall the duke”

Question 5

Quote from Edmund showing old vs new world

Answer 5

The younger rises where the old doth fall

Question 6

Analysis of “the younger rises when the old doth fall”

Answer 6

-Directly reflects the cycle where the young overthrow the old
-Highlights Edmund’s own ruthless opportunistic ambition seeing power as something to be seized when the current order collapses
-Irony of naturalist of the young replacing the old yet in Lear this transition happens through unnatural means