Acts IV -V Interactive Journal

Interactive Journal

The interactive active journal is designed to help you understand and respond to the context of the play. You have four types of journal entries to choose from. Use the format that best fits the scene:

#1 Event Response Analysis
Event - Describe the event that happened in the story
Response - How do you feel about the particular event
Analysis - Why do you think this event occurred?
Why is it important to the storyline?
Why did Shakespeare include it?

#2 Observation Reflection Prediction
Observation - What observations have you made from this section?
Reflection - Why do you think this observation is significant?
Prediction - What do you think will happen next?

#3 Action Analysis Result
Action - Describe the action that was taken by a character that
surprised, shocked or impressed you?
Analysis - Why do you think this action occurred? How is it important
is it to the storyline? Why is it included in the play?
Result - What is the result of this action? How does it influence the plot or impact the other characters? Why?

#4 Problem Reflection Solution
Problem - What is the problem that the character(s) is/are facing?
Reflection - Why is this problem significant to the storyline? Why?
Solution - How do you think the character(s) will solve this problem?

Act IV i
 An old man leads Gloucester to the countryside where Edgar agrees to walk him to Dover.

Act IV ii
 Goneril and Albany fight. Goneril becomes interested in Edmund.

Act IV iii
 Kent and Gentlemen talk about Cordelia.

Act IV iv
 Cordelia describes her crazy father and talks of the upcoming war.

Act IV v
 Oswald refuses to give Regan the letter from Goneril to Edmund. She commissions the murder of Gloucester.

Act IV vi
 Edgar takes Gloucester to Dover where Gloucester thinks he survives his suicide attempt.
 Edgar kills Oswald and get the letter from Goneril to Edmund.

Act IV vii
 Cordelia visits with Lear and he begins to regain his sanity.

Act V i
 Regan and Goneril both want Edmund. They begin to fight.
 Edgar delivers Goneril’s letter to Albany.

Act V ii
The British troops win so Lear and Cordelia are taken prisoner.
Act V iii
 Goneril and Regan die because of Edmund.
 Edgar and Edmund fight.
 Edmund dies.
 Lear and Cordelia die.
 Kent reveals himself to Lear, takes the dead family away to then kill himself.