Lear Act Four Scenes 1-4

As you read the first four scenes of act four, consider the following:

a. What new themes or ideas are raised, now that the tragic characters are facing the consequences of their actions? How to the actions of the tragic heroes -- and the responses of those around them -- continue to develop themes and raise new ideas?

B. Discuss the development of tragic plot elements at this point in the play. Specifically, what is different about the nature of the nemesis faced by the two tragic heroes, and what might be the implications of these differences? What does it mean that the punishment of the characters is developing in a way different from the traditional Greek drama?

As you read consider these lines (but don't be afraid to raise others!) 

Scene 1:
1-11
19-25
36-43
55
74-80

Scene 2:
21-26
42-43
50-54
87-88
94-98
107-109

Scene 3:
17-25
47-52

Scene 4:
1-6
26-30