Sammendrag av King Lear på Act 1, Scene 4

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1. Kent disguises himself, gains employment with Lear, and earns money after tripping the disrespectful Oswald.
2. The Fool uses jokes, songs, and objects to expose Lear's folly in surrendering his land and power.
3. Goneril condemns the followers' behavior and demands that Lear reduce their number.
4. Lear defends his knights, regrets his treatment of Cordelia, curses Goneril, and prepares to leave.
5. Lear returns protesting the loss of fifty followers, then departs with Kent and his attendants.
6. Goneril sends Oswald to warn her sister, while Albany doubts her judgment.

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The Fool answers Lear's question about being foolish. His reply connects Lear's surrendered titles with the poor judgment that leaves him dependent.

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