Here are several of the main ideas raised by in Act I. Work individually to answer each of these questions, providing at least two specific examples to support your answer.
In Antigone, tragedy was the result of competing priorities of different characters. Though these characters disagreed in their priorities and understandings of justice, each was attempting to do what was best for Thebes and its citizens. To what extent does this also seem to be the case in King Lear?
Who do you believe bears ultimate responsibility for the conflicts in Lear's and Gloucester's families?
These first two acts raise questions about the nature and exercise of royal power. What is this power based upon? To what extent can this play be seen as questioning monarchy?
What different kinds of loyalty are addressed in the first act of the play? How do different expressions of loyalty or disloyalty reveal character and cause conflict?
How is deception used in this first act of the play? What causes this deception?
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