King Lear - Themes and Motifs
Written
1605-1606
Plot
The tragic consequences of two father’s actions, and how events shape their characters.
Themes
Images / Motifs
Characters
Good characters:
Lear, Gloucester, Cordelia, Kent, Edgar, the Fool and Albany
Evil characters:
Goneril, Regan, Cornwall, Edmund, Oswald
Written
1605-1606
Plot
The tragic consequences of two father’s actions, and how events shape their characters.
Themes
- Family Relationships / Filial Ingratitude
- Good versus Evil
- Appearance versus Reality
- Justice and Redemption
- The Value of Suffering
- Madness
Images / Motifs
- Clothing
- Animals
- Nothing
- Sight and Blindness / Darkness and Light
- Suffering
- Nature
- Gods
Characters
Good characters:
Lear, Gloucester, Cordelia, Kent, Edgar, the Fool and Albany
Evil characters:
Goneril, Regan, Cornwall, Edmund, Oswald