Which description best identifies King Lear’s transformation over the course of Shakespeare’s play?
A.
prideful to remorseful
B.
rude to compassionate
C.
self-absorbed to worldly
D.
irritable to kind
E.
condescending to empathetic
2. What is the effect of ending King Lear with the following heroic couplet?
"The oldest have borne most; we that are young
Shall never see so much, nor live so long."
A.
Its use of blank verse gives it a cadence and weight that slows the reader down.
B.
Its use of prose makes it sound as though a character is thinking out loud freely.
C.
Its use of syntax creates an unstructured effect that mirrors the disarray of the play.
D.
Its use of end-stop asks the reader to pause after each line to consider the meaning.
E.
Its use of caesura encourages the reader to pause in three distinct locations within the verse.
