KING LEAR - Act 2 Scene 2

KING LEAR - Act 2 Scene 2

1. The 2 messengers: Kent/Caius and Oswald meet outside Gloucester's castle. Kent immediately quarrels with Oswald for ignoring Lear, accusing him of being a coward and more, but Oswald fails to recognise Kent's reason for conflict.

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4. Whn Kent challenges him to a fight, Oswald shows his true self yells for help.

5. Edmund, Cornwall, Regan, Goneril and servants come running in

6. Edmund tries to seperates them but Kent is too keen to give Oswald a beating

7. Cornwall: the most powerful man in the room, demands to know what's going on

8. Kent rudely answers Cornwall, saying that Oswald's face offends him and insults Cornwall. To which Cornwall orders that he is put into the stocks

9. Kent protests that he is on the king's business, and should not be treated in this degrading fashion but Cornwall ignores him and plans to keep him there until noon, although Regan wants him to be in stocks all night.

10. Gloucester also protests this punishment because Kent/Caius is a representative of King Lear, thus they share a diplomatic immunity. However, Cornwall sweeps his protestation aside

11. Gloucester stays behind to offer his condolences to Kent and tries to excuse Cornwall

12. Alone on stage Kent reveals his letter from Cordelia which says that she intends to fix all the wrongs that have been done to Lear.