KING LEAR: LOVE, TYRANNY AND MADNESS; Nadia Signorello nadia.signorello@tin.it;17/3/2006

King Lear: Love, Tyranny and Madness
Unit Plan
Parents and Children
Lear's Darker Purpose
Love and Justice in the Family
Stand Up For Bastards!
The Role of Astrology in King Lear
The Double Paradox: Reason in Madness and Madness in Reason
A Bloody Proclamation
The Point of No Return
The Tragic Genre from Classical to Contemporary: King Lear and RAN
Assessment
Bibliography & Other Resources