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amandamd17
amandamd17
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High School - 11th Grade

In Act V, scene iii of "King Lear," how does Edmund justify or reconcile himself with his fall from grace?

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Posted by amandamd17 on Monday April 28, 2008 at 2:42 PM and tagged with act v, edmund, king lear.

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  1. gbeatty Teacher
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    Well, at first he denies that it is happening, and thinks it will not: he casts his gauntlet down for a duel. He hopes to carry the day, winning honor and victory still. Then he takes refuges in his own honor, which he claims is as good as anyone's. (He tells himself still that he deserved to win, and still does.)Then, when he sees that it is Edgar that has beaten him, he calls on a common period belief of fortune, and sees it as just that the wheel of fate has turned. He was up. Now he is down. There's nothing anyone can do against fortune.

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    Posted by gbeatty on Monday April 28, 2008 at 5:58 PM