King Lear

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King Lear

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William Shakespeare Biography

Personal Background

Shakespeare's Literary Works

About King Lear

Summary, Analysis, and Original Text by Scene

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 V: Scene 1

Act V: Scene 2

Act V: Scene 3

Character List

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Character Analysis

King Lear

Goneril

Regan

Cordelia

Fool

Earl of Gloucester

Earl of Kent / Caius

Edmund

Edgar / Poor Tom

Duke of Albany

Duke of Cornwall

Oswald

King of France

Duke of Burgundy

Critical Essays

Divine Justice in King Lear

Parent-Child Relationships in King Lear: The Neglect of Natural Law

Kingship and Lear

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Film Versions of King Lear

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