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1 In Act 4 Scene Edgar says. "The lowest and most dejected thing of fortune / Stand inesperance Ives not in fear” (i. e., The lowest and most dejected creatures live without fear and harbor hope.)
is this true? Explain.

2. Explain the following quote in your own words:

Lear: Through tattered clothes great vices to appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks.
Arm it in rags, a pigmy’s straw does pierce it”

3. What quality has Lear kept through all his changes of fortune?

4- What does Gloucester mean when he says in this scene: "As flies to wanton boys are we to the
gods/They kill us for their sport"? (Act 4 Scene1)

5. In the midst of the battle, when Cordelia's forces are losing, Edgar comments: "Men must endure/Their going hence, even as their coming hither: /Ripeness is all." How is this comment important to the
meaning(s) of the play?

6. Dr. Johnson, a famous Shakespearean scholar, was so upset by Cordelia's death that he stopped reading
the play. Why does Shakespeare choose to kill Cordelia?

7. What impact does Cordelia's death have on the play?

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