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Illustration: Act IV, scene vii. Cordelia and Lear reunite.

1. King Lear: Introduction
2. King Lear: Summary
3. King Lear: William Shakespeare Biography
4. King Lear: Reading Shakespeare
5. King Lear: List of Characters
6. King Lear: Historical Background
7. King Lear: Summary and Analysis
   1. Act I, Scene 1: Summary and Analysis
   2. Act I, Scene 2: Summary and Analysis
   3. Act I, Scene 3: Summary and Analysis
   4. Act I, Scene 4: Summary and Analysis
   5. Act I, Scene 5: Summary and Analysis
   6. Act II, Scene 1: Summary and Analysis
   7. Act II, Scenes 2 and 3: Summary and Analysis
   8. Act II, Scene 4: Summary and Analysis
   9. Act III, Scene 1: Summary and Analysis
   10. Act III, Scene 2: Summary and Analysis
   11. Act III, Scene 3: Summary and Analysis
   12. Act III, Scene 4: Summary and Analysis
   13. Act III, Scene 5: Summary and Analysis
   14. Act III, Scene 6: Summary and Analysis
   15. Act III, Scene 7: Summary and Analysis
   16. Act IV, Scene 1: Summary and Analysis
   17. Act IV, Scene 2: Summary and Analysis
   18. Act IV, Scene 3: Summary and Analysis
   19. Act IV, Scene 4: Summary and Analysis
   20. Act IV, Scene 5: Summary and Analysis
   21. Act IV, Scene 6: Summary and Analysis
   22. Act IV, Scene 7: Summary and Analysis
   23. Act V, Scenes 1 and 2: Summary and Analysis
   24. Act V, Scene 3: Summary and Analysis
8. King Lear: Quizzes
   1. Act I, Scene 1: Questions and Answers
   2. Act I, Scene 2: Questions and Answers
   3. Act I, Scene 3: Questions and Answers
   4. Act I, Scene 4: Questions and Answers
   5. Act I, Scene 5: Questions and Answers
   6. Act II, Scene 1: Questions and Answers
   7. Act II, Scenes 2 and 3: Questions and Answers
   8. Act II, Scene 4: Questions and Answers
   9. Act III, Scene 1: Questions and Answers
   10. Act III, Scene 2: Questions and Answers
   11. Act III, Scene 3: Questions and Answers
   12. Act III, Scene 4: Questions and Answers
   13. Act III, Scene 5: Questions and Answers
   14. Act III, Scene 6: Questions and Answers
   15. Act III, Scene 7: Questions and Answers
   16. Act IV, Scene 1: Questions and Answers
   17. Act IV, Scene 2: Questions and Answers
   18. Act IV, Scene 3: Questions and Answers
   19. Act IV, Scene 4: Questions and Answers
   20. Act IV, Scene 5: Questions and Answers
   21. Act IV, Scene 6: Questions and Answers
   22. Act IV, Scene 7: Questions and Answers
   23. Act V, Scenes 1 and 2: Questions and Answers
   24. Act V, Scene 3: Questions and Answers
9. King Lear: Essential Passages
   1. Essential Passage by Character: King Lear
   2. Essential Passage by Theme: Fatalism
10. King Lear: Themes
11. King Lear: Character Analysis
    1. Albany (Character Analysis)
    2. Cordelia (Character Analysis)
    3. Edgar (Character Analysis)
    4. Edmund (Character Analysis)
    5. Gloucester (Character Analysis)
    6. Goneril (Character Analysis)
    7. Kent (Character Analysis)
    8. King Lear (Character Analysis)
    9. Other Characters (Descriptions)
12. King Lear: Principal Topics
13. King Lear: Essays
    1. Is Lear a Tragic Hero?
    2. The Power of Language and the Language of Power in King Lear
    3. King Lear and Comedy
    4. A Brief Critical History of King Lear
    5. King Lear: Saints and Sinners
    6. The Tragic Ending of King Lear
    7. Good and Evil Children in King Lear and Henry IV
    8. Textual and Contextual Analysis of the Opening Scene in Shakespeare's King Lear
    9. Contrast in Character in The Tragedy of King Lear
    10. Kingship and the Themes of Shakespeare's Hamlet, King Lear, and Macbeth
    11. Madness in King Lear
    12. Two Critical Episodes in Shakespeare's King Lear
14. King Lear: Criticism
    1. Tragic Form in Shakespeare
    2. All of Shakespeare
    3. Overview
    4. Double Plot
    5. Language and Imagery
    6. Love
    7. Madness
    8. Lear
    9. The Fool
    10. Lear's Daughters
15. King Lear: Selected Quotes
16. King Lear: Suggested Essay Topics
17. King Lear: Sample Essay Outlines
18. King Lear: Modern Connections
19. King Lear: FAQs
    1. Is Lear a good king?
    2. Is Lear a good father?
    3. Does Edmund have legitimate cause for complaint?
    4. Why did Shakespeare insert the conflict between Goneril and Regan over Edmund?
20. King Lear: Bibliography and Further Reading
21. King Lear: Pictures
22. Copyright