King Lear - Reference Guides
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Introduction presentation of the setting, main characters, and central themes. Development/rising action edgar"s flight civil unrest: disobedience of goneril and regan. Climax lear loses his mind edmund is given his father"s land: gloucester"s eyes are put out french army and cordelia land at. Denouement/falling action presentation of events towards the ultimate conclusion gloucester"s attempted suicide intrigue involving edmund, goneril, and regan albany emerges as the leader. Conclusion death of all main characters with the exception of. Edmund"s betrayal of gloucester and edgar parallels the main plot: there is more scheming involved (e. g. , lear readily gave his lands away, Gloucester must be tricked) the wickedness of edmund, goneril, and. Demolition of ordered systems: without divine, human, and natural laws, nature is ruled by chaos, nature tamed by laws and put into order is civilization. Destroyed on an individual level when edgar appears as a naked beggar (act iii, scene 4) when lear sees him, his full madness is triggered.