What does Old King Lear plan to do with his kingdom? What is the test that he proposes to the daughters?
How do each of the first two daughters answer the old man?
What is Cordelia's answer and why does she answer as she does? What does her reference to "nothing" suggest about the use of this motif in the rest of the play?
Do you think that Cordelia is being cruel in refusing to play her father's game? Why?
How does Lear react to Cordelia's response? How does Lord Kent react to Lear's response?
How do France and Burgandy each react to the news that Cordelia will not receive any dower and what does their reaction tell us about their characters?
What is Kent's reaction to what Oswald's servant does to Lear?
How does Edmund trick his brother Edgar into fleeing?
Why is Lear so angry that his servant Kent has been put in the stocks by Regan and Cornwall?