https://padlet.com/m0511471/bpw4934460h3lnnh King Lear is tragic hero whose own demise is the fault of his age and excessive ego en-us 2021-02-10 18:09:37 UTC 2026-03-18 02:41:43 UTC hello@padlet.com m0511471 https://padlet.com/m0511471/bpw4934460h3lnnh/wish/1190042656 "With my two daughters' dowers digest this third:
Let pride, which she calls plainness, marry her."
This quote represents King Lear's initial act of madness. When Cordelia refuses to flatter the king like her sisters, he dissolves her dowry. Cordelia was his favorite of the three daughters, but his age and ego cause him to act impulsive and rash. 
(Act 1. Scene 1)

]]> 2021-02-10 22:47:09 UTC https://padlet.com/m0511471/bpw4934460h3lnnh/wish/1190042656 m0511471 https://padlet.com/m0511471/bpw4934460h3lnnh/wish/1190069412 "Does any here know me? This is not Lear. Does Lear walk thus? Speak thus? Where are his eyes? Either his notion weakens, or his discernings are lethargied - Sleeping or waking? Ha! Sure 'tis not so! Who is it that can tell me who I am? (Act 1, Scene 4).
Lear begins mental state begins to degrade rapidly. He questions his own identity. He even at one point ask his daughter, Goneril, who he is. ]]> 2021-02-10 22:59:57 UTC https://padlet.com/m0511471/bpw4934460h3lnnh/wish/1190069412 m0511471 https://padlet.com/m0511471/bpw4934460h3lnnh/wish/1190085102 " Return to her, and fifty men dismissed? No, rather I abjure all roofs, and choose to wage against the enmity o' the air, to be a comrade with the wold and the owl."(Act 2, Scene 4). Lear list off outlandish and crazy alternatives to things he rather do than go back to Goneril's castle. His far-fetched and implausible activities reflect his loss of sanity. ]]> 2021-02-10 23:07:41 UTC https://padlet.com/m0511471/bpw4934460h3lnnh/wish/1190085102 m0511471 https://padlet.com/m0511471/bpw4934460h3lnnh/wish/1190383871 "Lear: You sulph' rous anmd thought-executing fires, vaunt-couriers of oak-cleaving thunderbolts, singe my white head! (Act 3, Scene 2). Lear is enraged by how his daughters have treated him. He believes himself to be not at fault, and that his daughters are unjust. The storm rages on in the back, and he pleads for the lightning to strike him. ]]> 2021-02-11 02:25:06 UTC https://padlet.com/m0511471/bpw4934460h3lnnh/wish/1190383871 m0511471 https://padlet.com/m0511471/bpw4934460h3lnnh/wish/1190394707 "Ha! Goneril with a white beard? They flattered me like a dog, and told me I had white hairs in my beard ere the black ones were there. (Act 4, Scene 6). King Lear runs out into the storm. He is running through a field with crowns of flowers on his head. Lear has completely got delusional as he mistakes Gloucester as Goneril with a beard. ]]> 2021-02-11 02:34:10 UTC https://padlet.com/m0511471/bpw4934460h3lnnh/wish/1190394707 m0511471 https://padlet.com/m0511471/bpw4934460h3lnnh/wish/1190408892 This feather stirs; she lives! If it be so, it is a chance which does redeem all sorrows I have ever felt. (Act 5, Scene 3,). 
King Lear, even after realizing she was dead, loses touch with his mind again. He descends into his ultimate state of madness, and eventual demise, and speaks to Cordelia as if she is alive. ]]> 2021-02-11 02:45:58 UTC https://padlet.com/m0511471/bpw4934460h3lnnh/wish/1190408892