EDGAR

Question 1

ACT 2 S1 ‘I’m sure not a word’

Answer 1

only says that, being discreetly tricked/dictated by Edmond , too naive trusting tricked into running away

Question 2

happy hollow of tree, no part is free

Answer 2

surround by enemies/peoples deceptions, need to change appearance/the way he treats people (be smart), always stuck

Question 3

act 2 s3 structure

Answer 3

iambic pentametere/blank verse, no reg rhyming scheme= no longer high status wheel of fortune

Question 4

I will preserve myself

Answer 4

doesn’t seem botherd about new role(bottom of social order), accepts it (masculinity), will maintain it strength.

Question 5

no place, my poorest shape

Answer 5

did nothing to deserve the treatment from family/blood. -edmond not true blood

Question 6

my face I grime in filith, hair in knots

Answer 6

look poor/crazy, similar rof as lear-lost power-own home and himself/title/trust/support
-edmond doesn’t care about this change

Question 7

act2s3 juxtaposes previous scene

Answer 7

Edgar going about in smart/evil way-takes on role instead of confrontational (kent)

Question 8

proof precedent beldam beggars

Answer 8

alliteration anger- harmatia blind to see/think anyone would do this
‘tom o bealam’-foreshadowing his role

Question 9

Edgar I nothing am

Answer 9

stripping away all title/who he is, reversal of fortune good characters>no titles contrasts bad characters

Question 10

(aside) my tears begin to take his part so much they mar my counterfeiting
poor tom thy horn is dry
act3s5

Answer 10

disguise being a problem starting to show emotions as lear and glocuster falling apart
feel like mocking lear madness

Question 11

known to be condemed than still flatterd
lives not in fear
I embrace
act 4s1

Answer 11

referencing Lears downfall due to pride etc- at least known of problems, bottom of wheel of fortune, only way is up owe nothing to nobody
(but can get worse while still alive as glouster enters blind)

Question 12

bad is the trade that must play fool to sorrow act4s1

Answer 12

deciding to keep the disguise but still struggling, bad at deception foreshadowed when glossier thought of Edgar when seeing mad man, slip in his disguise foreshadowed for later, unlike clever characters. undertsanidns it won’t end well

Question 13

‘gathers samphire’
‘the fisherman that walk upon the beach’
act4 s5

Answer 13

using descriptive imagery to decive g from sucide, clever with planning out./learning. being deceitful or g own good, not himself.

Question 14

‘thy lifes a miricle’
‘he had thousands noses’
act4 s5

Answer 14

claiming god saved glouster from demon(actually Edgar-christ like)3 roles-more than 1 people care or glouster(sucidelink) saved him again-not actively seeking death. foreshadowing hope for protagonists- cleverer.

Question 15

‘I am only sorry he had no other deathsman’
act 4 s5

Answer 15

regretful of killing Oswald, saved gloaters life again. Oswald belived he condole defeated Edgar and glousters(status and power/authorty) doesnt believe they’re capable links to lear speeches. ANOTHER death since Cornwall antagonist.

Question 16

for him tis well, that o thy death and business I can tell’
act 4 s5

Answer 16

slipping out disguise-only known Edgar in disguise whole play. rhyming couplets - confident and gaining authority echoing Edmond with letter. rising up in power going to give Albany letter from general to Edmond. finding out of edmonds treachery.