Monday, March 7, 2011

KING LEAR Student Generated Essay Questions

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17 comments:

  1. StefanieMarch 7, 2011 at 8:17 AM

    What possesses King lear to banish Cordelia for not confessing her love for him?
    Stefanie Zapata

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  2. keniaMarch 7, 2011 at 9:47 AM

    What possesses King lear to banish Cordelia for not confessing her love for him?
    -Kenia Reyes

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  3. Tiffany De La RosaMarch 7, 2011 at 11:29 AM

    What is the natural order?
    -Tiffany De la rosa

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  4. BrittanyMarch 7, 2011 at 1:11 PM

    Who betrays, and who is betrayed in this play, and how does it effect them?
    When does King Lear learn the truth about himself, and the truth about what has happen to his kingdom, and how does it effect him emotionally?

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  5. yunruiMarch 7, 2011 at 4:31 PM

    What possesses King lear to banish Cordelia for not confessing her love for him?

    Yunrui

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  6. Brandon ChanMarch 7, 2011 at 5:02 PM

    How does King Lear's blindness lead him from having everything to having nothing? How does his nothing lead him to truth?

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  7. mauriceMarch 7, 2011 at 5:59 PM

    How does the reoccurring theme of blindness push the story line forward using the example of King Lear, Gloucester and Albany?

    How does power rule over emotion in this play and how is the power passed around?

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  8. MedinaMarch 7, 2011 at 6:02 PM

    What was Lear's biggest lesson? How does the lesson connect to the moral of the story?

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  9. yenifer_MMarch 7, 2011 at 6:29 PM

    Which characters are affected by their own egotism? How does King Lear's solipsism lead to his self discovery?

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  10. iSerg3GMarch 7, 2011 at 6:43 PM

    How is the abuse of power protrayed in King Lear?

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  11. Jeanette B.March 7, 2011 at 8:17 PM

    How is Cordelia and King Lear's relationship similar to the relationship between Edgar and Gloucester?

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  12. milaMarch 8, 2011 at 12:03 PM

    how does king lear feel about his daughters now?
    why does king lear only want the title of "king" and none of the responsibilities?

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  13. Raymond CamachoMarch 8, 2011 at 1:23 PM

    How did king Lear fully achieve enlightenment? What steps did he have to go through?

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  14. Raymond CamachoMarch 8, 2011 at 1:23 PM

    I think that Yunrui's question was amazing!! :D:D:D:D::D

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  15. MelidaMarch 8, 2011 at 6:53 PM

    How is Lear's relationship with Cordelia different and alike to the one of Glouster and Edgar? Where does betray come in in these relationships?

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  16. Alexis D.March 8, 2011 at 8:15 PM

    Does regan and Goneril have any jealousy when it comes to the love their father has for Cordelia?

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  17. vicMarch 16, 2011 at 8:05 PM

    what over all is the message that each character send to the audience ?? victor J.

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