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Il Re di Francia raduna un esercito e conquista l'intera [[Britannia]], restaurando Lear sul suo trono. Dopo altri tre anni, però, in seguito alla morte sia di Lear che del Re di Francia, Cordelia rimane sola regina di Britannia. Passano altri cinque anni di pacifico governo, allorchè il figlio del Duca di Albany ed il figlio del [[Duca di Cornovaglia]] si ribellano a Cordelia e dopo una lunga guerra la fanno prigioniera. La regina spodestata si suicida in carcere.

==Personaggi==

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*'''[[Leir of Britain | King Lear]]''' is ruler of Britain. He's a [[patriarchal]] figure whose misjudgement of his daughters brings about his downfall.

*'''Goneril''' is Lear's treacherous eldest daughter and wife to the [[Duke of Albany]].

*'''Regan''' is Lear's treacherous second daughter, and wife to the [[Duke of Cornwall]].

*'''Cordelia''' (poss. "heart of a lion" [[#Notes|¹]]) is Lear's youngest daughter.

*'''The Duke of Albany'''[[#Notes|²]] is Goneril's husband. Goneril scorns him for his "milky gentleness". He turns against his wife later in the play.

*'''The Duke of Cornwall'''[[#Notes|²]] is Regan's husband. He has the [[Earl of Kent]] put in the [[stocks]], leaves Lear out on the [[heath (habitat)|heath]] during a storm, and gouges out Gloucester's eyes. After his attack on Gloucester, one of his servants attacks and mortally wounds him.

*'''The Earl of Gloucester'''[[#Notes|²]] is Edgar's father, and the father of the illegitimate son, Edmund. Edmund deceives him against Edgar, and Edgar flees, taking on the disguise of Tom of [[Bedlam]].

*'''The Earl of Kent'''[[#Notes|²]] is always faithful to Lear, but he is [[Exile#Personal exile|banished]] by the king after he protests against Lear's treatment of Cordelia. He takes on a disguise and serves the king without letting him know his true identity.

*'''Edmund''' is Gloucester's illegitimate son. He works with Goneril and Regan to further his ambitions, and the three of them form a romantic triangle.

*'''Edgar''' is the legitimate son of the Earl of Gloucester. Disguised as Tom of Bedlam, he helps his blind father. At the end of the play, he assumes reign of the kingdom.

*'''Oswald''' is Goneril's servant, and is described as "a serviceable villain". He tries to murder Gloucester, but is instead murdered by Edgar.

*'''The [[Court jester|Fool]]''' is a jester who is devoted to Lear and Cordelia.

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