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King Lear opens with a conversation between the earls of Kent and Gloucester, in which the audience learns that Gloucester has two sons: Edgar, who is his legitimate heir, and Edmund, his younger illegitimate son. This information will provide the secondary or subplot. Next, King Lear enters to state that he intends to remove himself from life’s duties and concerns.... More

About the Playwright
  Personal Background
  Literary Works
About the Play
  A Brief Synopsis
Summaries and Commentaries
  Act I: Scene 1
  Act I: Scene 2
  Act I: Scene 3
  Act I: Scene 4
  Act I: Scene 5
  Act II: Scene 1
  Act II: Scene 2
  Act II: Scene 3
  Act II: Scene 4
  Act III: Scene 1
  Act III: Scene 2
  Act III: Scene 3
  Act III: Scene 4
  Act III: Scene 5
  Act III: Scene 6
  Act III: Scene 7
  Act IV: Scene 1
  Act IV: Scene 2
  Act IV: Scene 3
  Act IV: Scene 4
  Act IV: Scene 5
  Act IV: Scene 6
  Act IV: Scene 7
  Act IV: Glossary
  Act V: Scene 1
  Act V: Scene 2
  Act V: Scene 3
 

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