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Tragedies of William Shakespeare and Sonnets: King Lear: Act 5

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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 5

Act 5: Scene 1

After the brief interval of affection and forgiveness in Act IV, Scene 7,
we are plunged once again into a scene of monstrous plotting and intrigue. The
scene shifts to the British camp near Dover, where Edmund and Regan enter,
accompanied by soldiers and a flourish of drums. Edmund asks an officer to
find out whether Albany is still on their side or if he has deserted them,
since "he's full of alteration / And self-reproving." When the ...

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