Use your browser's find facility (eg. "Find on this page" under the "Edit" menu in Internet Explorer)or the search facility on your word processor to search for references to these words in the text of the play.
Nothing (search for references to "nothing")
Justice (search for references to "justice" and perhaps "sin")
Sight (search for references to "see" and to "sight")
Animal Imagery
All of the animals listed below are connected to Goneril or Regan at some stage during the play. Get students to identify who uses the imagery and what attributes it emphasises in the daughters. How well do these skills and attributes reflect the daughters' characters?
| Animal | Attribute | Spoken by |
| detested kite | sharp claws, predatory nature, smooth plumage, calculating killer, preys on those smaller than itself | |
| ass | ||
| cuckoo | ||
| crab | ||
| wild geese | ||
| mongrel/cur | ||
| eels | ||
| vulture | ||
| serpent (...like, gilded...) | ||
| lion | ||
| belly pinched wolf | ||
| pelican | ||
| boar | ||
| dog (obeyed in office) | ||
| adder | ||
| tiger |
Published on: 09 Dec 2010
