and the condition to which Lear has come as evidenced through it. 37. What plot overheard by Gloucester necessitates Lear's removal? and to what place do his and Gloucester's attendants set out to take him? 38. What message is sent to Albany by Cornwall? 39. To what disaster at the hands of Cornwall does Edmund's treachery betray his father? How does this scene emphasize the malignity of Goneril and Regan? ACT IV 40. Why has it a particularly touching and felicitous relation to the theme that Edgar should be the one encountered on the Heath by his father? 41. What does Oswald report of Albany, to Goneril? and what is the outcome of this for Edmund? 42. What is Albany's reproof to Goneril, and what does he resolve because of the cruelties perpetrated? 43. What news of Cornwall's fate arrives in scene ii? 44. What is the dramatic purpose in obliging France to return to his kingdom while the French are encamped at Dover? 45. What is the description given Kent of Cordelia's reception of news concerning her father's troubles? How does it reveal her nature? 46. Why did Lear shrink from seeing Cordelia at this juncture? 47. How does Regan scheme to thwart Goneril's intrigue with Edmund? What is her motive? 48. How does Edgar succeed in overcoming his father's suicidal intent? 49. How is his method in accord with proven knowledge of the power of mental suggestion? 50. What is the dramatic effect of Lear's appearance at his entrance upon the scene in which he meets with Edgar and Gloucester? Describe the scene. What are its tragic elements? To what state has the passion of Lear's dis tress developed his utterance in this scene?—and what powers does it reveal in him? 51. What is particularly pitiful in his behavior when Cordelia's attendants come to take him to her? Why is it so? 52. What letter is discovered by Edgar through Oswald's attack upon Gloucester? How does Edgar set out to act upon it? 53. How is Lear restored? What are Cordelia's lines over him as he sleeps? ACT V 54. What does Edgar charge Albany to do with regard to the letter he takes him? 55. How does Edmund plan the outcome of the situation and what is his charge to the captain with regard to Lear and Cordelia? 56. What is the outcome of the intrigues of the sisters, and the charge against Edmund? 57. What fatality stands in Albany's line, "Great thing of us forgot!" How is it necessary to make the event, as it is presented, consistent? 58. What is the tragic element in Edmund's line: "Yet Edmund was beloved:"-and in his final attempt to save Cordelia and Lear? 59. Describe the final rhapsody of Lear's grief. 60. What do Kent's last lines import? and what is the resolution of the situation as left between him, Albany, and Edgar? Describe the sentiment of this passage in its revelation of the characters of these men. All the unsigned footnotes in this volume are by the writer of the article to which they are appended. The interpretation of the initials signed to the others is: I. G. = Israel Gollancz, M.A.; H. N. H. Henry Norman Hudson, A.M.; C. H. H.⇒ C. H. Herford, Litt.D. = |