Video SparkNotes: Shakespeare's King Lear summary

Check out Shakespeare's King Lear Video SparkNote: Quick and easy King Lear synopsis, analysis, and discussion of major characters and themes in the play. For more King Lear resources, go to www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/lear. For a translation of the entire play into modern English, go to No Fear Shakespeare at nfs.sparknotes.com/lear.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• King Lear
• Shakespeare
• sparknotes
• King Lear analysis
• King Lear summary
• regan
• goneril
• lear
• the fool
• poor tom
• edmund
• edgar
• cordelia
• albany
• three daughters
• split kingdom
• on the heath

[Athenademi360]

to sum up all of shakespeare's trageties:

in the end, everyone dies.

[c2320609]

I don't understand why the fool is never mentioned.

[maankindj]

9:40 There is MORE information?

[Justins0eung]

90 people crammed for their test

[KISSnum1]

"the bad daughters are mean to lear" thats a bit of an understatement, innit

[dojokonojo]

@TheSavageScream He knew we liked a good blood bath, so he wrote that every dies :k

[SomeoneCommenting]

@Athenademi360 Well, there's a reason why they are called 'tragedies', right? The happy endings are reserved for the comedies.

[3Sciencenut]

With so many people complaining about analyzing literature (which i have to agree with, btw) i think the following bears mentioning: Apparently, according to neo-modern analysis, it's acceptable to ignore the authors intent, or even actions. Anything is okay as an interpretation so long as it seems to make sense.

[3Sciencenut]

@eivano I heard the same thing. It's possible, but here's what I heard: Shakespeare originally intended it to be that way, but changed his mind at the last minute, and took out the part where it's revealed that the fool is Cordelia.

[eivano]

@c2320609 There is this "theory" that in reality, Shakespear intended that Cordelia and the Fool were the same person. So after King Lear disowns Cordelia she disguises herself as the fool.

[luckynumber58]

@c2320609 4:54