AP English Literature PEriods 1 AND 3

Crefully read and re-read ALLL of ACT IV. WE will have a reading quiz on Monday! It will cover these questions and just the basic plot. Promise! It will have one translation/read between the lines question. Also, KEEP MEMORIZING YOUR LINES! 1a. What developments have happened between Albany and Goneril; Reagan and Edmund? Why is this a perfect storm in the making? 4.4 1. What order does Cordelia give? What does she fear? 2. According to Cordelia, what is France’s purpose for being in England? Why does she make this point? 4.5 3. What do we learn from the conversation between Regan and Oswald concerning Edmund? Gloucester? Regan herself? 4.6 4. Why has Edgar changed his disguise? 5. How does Edgar trick Gloucester? Why does he go through this elaborate hoax? 6. How does Edgar describe the beggar who led to him Dover (Edgar himself) to Gloucester? Why is this convincing to Gloucester? 7. In Lear’s madness, he continues his growth as a character. What does he finally admit to himself that indicates this growth? 8. Why does Lear rave against women? 9. Explain Lear’s words beginning, “We came crying hither….” 10. What news does the gentleman (messenger from Cordelia) give to Edgar? 11. Why is Oswald’s death appropriate for him? 12. What is the content of the letter Oswald was carrying to Edmund?