King Lear Student Guide & Exam Revision — Coleman’s Notes CN-SG003
A comprehensive 84-page guide to Shakespeare’s King Lear — all 26 scenes analysed, characters, themes, quotations, context, five essay plans, exam technique and five graded sample exam answers.
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UNDERSTAND • ANALYSE • REVISE • SUCCEED
“Nothing will come of nothing.”
A king divides his kingdom.
A loyal daughter is rejected.
Two families are torn apart by betrayal.
An ageing ruler loses his authority, his home and eventually his sanity.
And Shakespeare asks some of the most disturbing questions in literature about power, family, justice and what remains when everything else has been taken away.
Coleman’s Notes: King Lear takes students through this remarkable tragedy scene by scene.
Follow Lear from the disastrous love test through Goneril and Regan’s rejection, the storm, madness and reconciliation with Cordelia.
Alongside him, follow Gloucester from disastrous misjudgement through betrayal and blindness — and Edgar from hunted son to Poor Tom, protector and survivor.
WHAT'S INCLUDED?
✓ Complete Plot Summary
✓ Acts 1–5 at a Glance
✓ All 26 Scenes Analysed
✓ Main Characters & Relationships
✓ Ten Detailed Character Studies
✓ Character Development Tracker
✓ Major Themes
✓ Motifs, Symbols & Imagery
✓ Language, Form & Structure
✓ Key Quotations Explained
✓ Top 10 Quotations in Full
✓ Historical, Social & Literary Context
✓ King Lear as Shakespearean Tragedy
✓ Exam Board & Assessment Guidance
✓ How to Answer a Shakespeare Question
✓ Five Detailed Essay Plans
✓ Five Graded Sample Exam Answers
✓ Examiner-Style Commentary
✓ Common Exam Mistakes
✓ 18 Practice Examination Questions
✓ 25 Revision & Discussion Questions
✓ Quick Revision Checklist
✓ Quick Recall
FIVE GRADED SAMPLE EXAM ANSWERS
See examination writing develop from:
DEVELOPING → STRONG → EXCELLENT
Questions cover:
Goneril • Sight & Blindness • Lear & Cordelia • Human Need • Justice
The final two provide particularly useful examples of the more sophisticated conceptual argument expected at A-Level.
Each model is followed by examiner-style commentary showing what works, what could be improved and how students can develop their own interpretation.
IDEAL FOR
A-Level English Literature • Advanced GCSE Study • Shakespeare Revision • Independent Study • Home Education • Teachers • Tutors
And, I think importantly for King Lear, it should also appeal to former students returning to a play they studied years ago and wanting to rediscover it.
THE SHAKESPEARE TRAGEDIES COLLECTION
CN-SG001 — Macbeth
CN-SG002 — Hamlet
CN-SG003 — King Lear
CN-SG004 — Othello
Individual guides: £6.95 each
Complete Shakespeare Tragedies Collection: £25.95
Four great tragedies. One essential collection.
Format: Digital PDF
Length: 84 A5 pages
Price: £6.95
Delivery: Instant digital download
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