King Lear, Act 5, Scene 3 — краткое содержание

Что происходит

1. Lear welcomes imprisonment with Cordelia, while Edmund secretly sends a captain instructions for their deaths.
2. Albany arrests Edmund for treason as Regan and Goneril compete to marry him.
3. Edgar defeats Edmund, reveals his identity, and reports their father's death after their reunion.
4. Goneril poisons Regan and kills herself; the dying Edmund sends a token to stop the prisoners' execution.
5. Lear carries in dead Cordelia, identifies her killer as a man he kills, and struggles to accept her death.
6. Edmund's death is reported, Lear dies, and Albany asks Edgar and Kent to rule; Kent speaks of following his master.

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На что обратить внимание

Edgar closes the scene by calling for honest grief rather than expected speech. His words answer the deaths and the burden of governing.

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