Act III, Scene IV
- Kent cogently advises the King
to enter the hovel for protection from the storm
- Lear says that the Tempest in his
mind is so huge that he doesn't even recognize the little storm that they're
experiencing
- The storm is actually very powerful
- Lear urges Kent to seek shelter
for himself
- Lear is going to stay outside to
pray, before he sleeps
- Lear prays for those that have
to suffer daily and confesses that he never cared for these people when
he was King
- The Fool runs from the Hovel, fearing
a spirit called "Poor Tom" is in there
- Kent tells Edgar to come out of
hiding
- Lear comments that Poor Tom must
have been victimized by two terrible daughters
- Lear starts going mad and being
philosophical about the fact that Edgar is reduced to nakedness
- Lear rips his clothes off to Join
Edgar in nakedness
- Gloucester now enters, telling
that he's found a place that Lear can stay
- Gloucester feels sorry for Lear,
but says how bad off Gloucester is because of Edgar
- Lear agrees to go to the shelter
only if Edgar will go
- Lear thinks that Edgar is a great
philosopher
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