King Lear Literary Devices Quiz

When Lear holds Cordelia and asks, “Why should a dog have life, and thou no breath at all?” he uses what?

The Fool’s commentary often uses what device to criticize Lear indirectly?

Gloucester’s fall at Dover cliff is an example of what?

The phrase “Out, vile jelly!” uses what device to emphasize violence?

The repeated mention of “Nature” throughout the play serves as what?

Gloucester’s blindness symbolizes what broader concept?

The Fool’s line “Thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wise” relies on what?

When Lear calls Goneril a “serpent’s tooth,” what device is present?

The disguise of Kent and Edgar represents which literary technique?

The blinding of Gloucester serves as which kind of irony?

The storm scene mirrors Lear’s emotional chaos using what device?

The recurring theme of sight and blindness functions as what?

The line “I am a man more sinned against than sinning” uses which device?

The imagery of “the wheel of fortune” represents what device?

When Lear says “Nothing will come of nothing,” what device is used?

When Lear refers to himself as “every inch a king,” it is an example of what?

The frequent animal imagery used to describe Lear’s daughters functions as what?

When Edmund declares “Now, gods, stand up for bastards,” what device is used?

The Fool’s riddles and puns rely on which device?

The storm on the heath is an example of which literary device?

The phrase “when we are born, we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools” uses what device?

Lear’s madness is often expressed through what device?

The play’s references to the gods reflect which device?

The contrast between Lear’s madness and the Fool’s wisdom represents what?

Cordelia’s silence functions as what literary device?

The moral conflict between appearance and reality functions as what?

When Lear refers to “pelican daughters,” it is an example of what?

Cordelia’s death at the end embodies what literary function?

Lear’s division of his kingdom based on love is an example of what device?

The Fool calling Lear “an old man’s shadow” is an example of what?