b. “In the play, King Lear, the stories of Lear and Gloucester mirror one another in interesting ways.” Write a response to this view of the play, supporting your answer by reference to the text. (2006)

c. “Reading or seeing King Lear is a horrifying as well as an uplifting experience.” Write a response to this view, supporting the points you make by reference to the text. (2006)

d. “In King Lear honour and loyalty triumph over brutality and viciousness.” Write your response to this statement supporting your answer with suitable reference to the text. (2010)

e. “King Lear is not only a tragedy of parents and children, of pride and ingratitude, it is also a tragedy of kingship.” Discuss with reference to power relations in King Lear. 

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f. “Chaos and confusion are used to great effect throughout Shakespeare’s play, King Lear.” Discuss the above statement, developing your response with reference to the text. (2021)

g. A production of Shakespeare’s play, King Lear, in which the characters of Kent and the Fool do not appear has been proposed. Discuss the reasons why, in your opinion, the removal of each of these characters would or would not diminish Shakespeare’s play, King Lear. Develop your response with reference to the text. (2021)

h. “Shakespeare’s play, King Lear, provides moments of riveting drama that offer thought‐provoking insights into the human condition.” Identify three moments of riveting drama in the play that, in your opinion, provide thought‐ provoking insights into the human condition. Give reasons why you find these moments dramatically riveting and discuss the thought‐provoking insights they provide. Support your response with reference to the play. (2018)

i. “Cordelia plays a more significant role than Goneril or Regan in the play, King Lear.” To what extent do you agree or disagree with the above statement? In your response you should consider the roles played by all three sisters. Support your answer with reference to the text. (2018)

j. “Throughout the course of the play, both Lear and Gloucester are tragic characters, but Lear develops into the more heroic figure.” To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement? Support your answer with reference to the play, King Lear. (2016)

k. “Shakespeare explores both the destructive and the redemptive power of love throughout the play, King Lear.” Discuss this statement, supporting your answer with reference to the play. (2016)

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