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Tragedies of William Shakespeare and Sonnets: King Lear: Act 2

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Shakespeare, William

Shakespeare, William
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Critic: Schuettinger, Robert
Affiliation: Earhart Fellow, Oxford University

King Lear: Act 2

Act 2: Scene 1

We are now in Gloucester's castle. Edmund meets the courtier, Curan.
Curan tells him that Cornwall and Regan will be visiting Gloucester tonight.
Curan adds that Cornwall and his brother-in-law, Albany, are feuding, and open
war between them is likely to break out.

Comment:

There is no rational explanation for this feud, except that Goneril and
Regan are vicious not only to Lear and Cordelia, but to each other as well.
They are ...

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