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King Lear Act 5 Outline
King Lear by Shakespeare
Act 5 Timeline
Scene 1
1. Regan asks Edmund if he loves Goneril, she’s jealous
2. Albany takes part with Edmund, Regan, and Goneril against the French invasion
3. Edgar gives Albany in which Goneril asks Edmund to kill Albany
4. Edgar tells Albany to sound the trumpet in order to call him to fight Edmund

Scene 2
5. The battle begins
6. Edgar (peasant disguise) leads Gloucester to shelter of a tree and goes to fight on Lear’s side in battle
7. Albany’s army took Cordelia and Lear (French lost)
8. Gloucester wants to die again or be captured, but Edgar again persuades him to keep going

Scene 3
9. King Lear is in jail but doesn’t care because he is with his daughter, he has his pride back
10. Edmund
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