GUESS WHO
The loyal follower of King Lear who is banished in Act I.
Who is Kent?
The things Cornwall takes from Gloucester.
What are his eyes?
Starting with an "s," King Lear loses this state of mind when in the storm.
What is his sanity?
When the Fool says "The hedge-sparrow fed the cuckoo so long" it is an example of this sort of comparison.
What is a metaphor?
The legitimate son of Gloucester.
Who is Edgar?
Where Edmund cuts himself to frame his brother.
What is his arm?
A belief that Edmund rejects, Merriam Webster defines it as "...the supposed influences of the stars and planets on human affairs and terrestrial events by their positions and aspects"
What is astrology?
The figurative language that King Lear uses to describe the storm by using human qualities like "thought-executing fires"
What is personification?
The character who wants to marry Cordelia.
Who is the King of France?
King Lear proclaims Cordelia to be a stranger to this body part when he disowns her.
What is his heart?
When King Lear complains that Goneril and Regan order him to ditch half his entourage, he uses this word to describe his followers, which is also a common part of a bridal gown.
What is his train?
A type of monologue spoken by a character when they are (usually) alone on stage and sharing their private thoughts.
What is a soliloquy?
The faithful servant of Goneril.
Who is Oswald?
King Lear curses Goneril and wishes infertility on this body part of hers.
What is her womb?
Starting with a silent letter, it's the first insult that Kent delivers to Oswald, which Merriam-Webster defines as "a tricky deceitful fellow."
What is a knave?
An example of this term is that we, the audience, know Kent is in disguise but the other characters do not.
What is dramatic irony?
The husbands of Regan and Goneril.
Who are Cornwall and Albany?
King Lear proclaims that a "thankless child" is sharper than this attribute of a serpent's.
What is its tooth?
Merriam-Webster defines this as "the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage," it's also a brief problem which Cordelia faces when she is disinherited.
What is a dowry?
King Lear gaining wisdom through his madness is an example of this seemingly contradictory term.
What is a paradox?