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.” 

Colm Feore as King Lear, 2015.