Claire Curtis-Ward, Samantha Blinn, Ariana Karp conclude our discussion of King Lear with an examination of Act V. Topics include:

Is there hope at the end of King Lear?
Is there a moral or lesson?
Re-connecting with Erasmus “In Praise of Folly”
“Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say.” The importance of “feeling” and experiencing things “feelingly”
Degrees of sympathy towards Lear throughout the play
Lear as an examination of the connection between loyalty and disobedience.
Parallels between Gloucester and Lear’s deaths
20th century ‘timeliness’
Apocalyptic visions?
“Pray you, undo this button, Thank you sir.”