King Lear Summary (Animated) ⛈️ Shakespeare's Tragic Masterpiece!

(Summary of King Lear by William Shakespeare) 'Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks!' As far as Shakespeare's tragedies go, King Lear is probably one of the most sad and gruesome, loosely inspired by the mythological Celtic king, Leir of Britain. Other versions of this story had happier endings, where Cordelia survived and Lear was restored to his throne, but Shakespeare chose a much darker twist, which might be why it remains one of his most popular plays. It explores universal themes of family, conflict and power which are still relevant to this day, and is a must read (or watch) for any Shakespeare fan! What other Shakespeare plays would you like me to summarise? Let me know in the comments! (Animated revision video for King Lear, for A Level, GCSE, IGCSE, AP English Literature, IB and University English Literature) If you liked this summary of King Lear, check out some of my other ones: The Great Gatsby: https://youtu.be/5guneRNl74A Oliver Twist: https://youtu.be/U0gcye_TdFo Twelfth Night: https://youtu.be/55eyoji6NKg Hamlet summary: https://youtu.be/qZloZeNKSQY Romeo and Juliet summary: https://youtu.be/Ebop9PQS_ms Macbeth summary: https://youtu.be/4GSCWDa1qcE The Tempest summary: https://youtu.be/qoSStmQuisM 0:00 King Lear Act 1 2:21 King Lear Act 2 3:54 King Lear Act 3 5:59 King Lear Act 4 8:55 King Lear Act 5 Music: Allégro by Emmit Fenn is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Putting On The Ritz by Freedom Trail Studio is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/