King Lear

King Lear: Choices of a Tragic King

Step into the tumultuous world of King Lear with this engaging quiz, where you'll navigate the complex choices that define loyalty, power, and betrayal. Each question will challenge you to think like the characters in this Shakespearean tragedy, exploring themes of familial love and the consequences of ambition.

Test your understanding and see how your decisions parallel those of King Lear and his daughters. Are your choices wise or foolish?

Explore character motivations
Delve into the intricacies of power dynamics
Uncover the moral dilemmas in the play

7 Questions2 MinutesCreated by ThinkingFalcon297

You’re an old king who no longer wants to reign, what do you choose to do with your kingdom?

Give it to the poorest man in the kingdom

Divide it between your children.

You’re now in King Lear’s children’s shoes, what would you say to flatter your father?

�I love you more than word can wield the matter… No less than life…Beyond all manner of so much I love you.”

�I profess myself an enemy to all other joys…And find I am alone [happy] In your dear Highness' love.”

�Nothing, my Lord…I love your Majesty according to my bond, no more no less”

You are Edmund son of the Earl of Gloucester and you have been overlooked as the heir which is going to your younger brother, how do you choose to rectify this injustice?

You come up with a plan to turn your father and half brother against each other

You express your feelings to your father

You run away and restart your life

You, as King Lear, seek hospitality from your children but they refuse. Your ego is bruised, what is your next move?

Cry and plead at their doorstep

Take the land away from them

Run into a storm like a mad man

Regan's Perspective: You and your husband realize that Gloucester is helping King Lear. What do you do to punish him?

Don’t do anything

Blind him by gouging out his eyes

Confront him

Goneril's Perspective: You are now romantically interested in the same person as your sibling, twist is you’re married. How do you approach the situation?

Not pursue the romantic relationship

Kill the sibling in the way

Cordelia’s perspective: You’re in a distant enemy land and get word of all the chaos that broke out in your home country from which you were banished. Your heart home is for your home, how will you plan on restoring peace?

Go to war with the evil in power

Say, “good riddance”

King Lear

King Lear: Choices of a Tragic King

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