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Tragedies of William Shakespeare and Sonnets: King Lear: Act 3

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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 3

Act 3: Scene 1

Kent and a Gentleman meet out on the heath. The storm by now has reached
full fury. Both men are searching for Lear. The Gentleman tells Kent that he
last saw the King "contending with the fretful elements." Lear was shouting
that the wind could blow the earth into the ocean, as far as he cared, if only
the world as it now exists would change or cease to be. The Gentleman also
tells Kent that Lear is accompanied only by the Fool, who is ...

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