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Decks in this class (25)

Act 1 Scene 1
Gloucester 1,
Lear s intention 2,
Lear wants to shake 3
17  cards
Act 1 Scene 2
What does edmond say 1,
What does edmond say about edgar ...,
What does edmond command the gods...
9  cards
Act 1 Scene 3
How does gonerill describe the kn...
1  cards
Act 1 Scene 4
Kent disguising himself 1,
What does lear call oswald 2,
What does the fool say about what...
16  cards
Act 1 Scene 5
What does lear admit 1,
What does the fool say to lear 2,
Lear s madness 3
3  cards
Act 2 Scene 1
How are rumours described as 1,
How is the contemporary political...,
Edmond s lies about the gods 3
5  cards
Act 2 Scene 2
What does kent call oswald 1,
What does kent say about oswald 2,
What punishment does cornwall del...
5  cards
Act 2 Scene 3
How will edgar change himself 1,
How is he comparing himself to an...,
What does edgar compare himself to 3
4  cards
Act 2 Scene 4
How does kent show his loyalty 1,
What does the fool say about fort...,
Lear and madness nature 3
16  cards
Act 3 Scene 1
Who is mentioned again in this sc...,
What does kent describe the husba...
2  cards
Act 3 Scene 2
Lear commanding the storm 1,
Lear s self pity 2,
Lear and metaphysical 3
6  cards
Act 3 Scene 3
Gloucester s warning to edmond 1,
Edmond and age 2,
Edmond being obsequious 3
3  cards
Act 3 Scene 4
Lear and madness 1,
Lear reflecting on his daughters 2,
Lear seeing the lower social class 3
13  cards
Act 3 Scene 5
Edmond and fortune 1,
Edmond and family 2,
Cornwall to edmond 3
3  cards
Act 3 Scene 6
The fool 1,
Lear on regan 2
2  cards
Act 3 Scene 7
Contemporary politics 1,
Gloucester being tortured 2,
Gloucester foreshadowing 3
5  cards
Act 4 Scene 1
Edgar quote 1,
Edgar and fortune 2,
Edgar and age 3
6  cards
Act 4 Scene 2
Gonerill and femininity 1,
Edmond flirting 2,
Gonerill and edmond 3
5  cards
Act 4 Scene 3
Who finally returns 1,
What does cordelia say about lear 2,
Cordelia for her reason for retur...
3  cards
Act 4 Scene 4
Regan after plucking eyes 1,
Oswald s loyalty 2,
Reagan on remarrying after her hu...
3  cards
Act 4 Scene 5
Edgar reverberating nothing 1,
Reconciliation between edgar and ...,
Gloucester and metaphysical 3
16  cards
Act 4 Scene 6
Cordelia s loyalty to kent 1,
Kent s modesty 2,
How does cordelia describe lear 3
9  cards
Act 5 Scene 1
Edmond about the sisters 1,
Edmond s plot for the sisters 2
2  cards
Act 5 Scene 2
What does edgar call gloucester 1,
What does edgar report 2,
What does edgar say about enduran...
3  cards
Act 5 Scene 3
How does cordelia refer to lear 1,
How does cordelia show she is wil...,
What does lear see himself and co...
24  cards

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