FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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King Lear
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Cordelia
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Edgar
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Goneril
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Detailed explanation-1: -Albany and Edgar are alive at the end of the play. There is debate about whether the Earl of Kent and the Fool die at the end of King Lear.
Detailed explanation-2: -The major source for Shakespeare, The True Chronicle History of Leir and his three daughters Gonorill, Ragan and Cordella also ends happily, with Lear and Cordelia reunited.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: In King Lear, Edgar, son of Gloucester, does not die in the play. Edgar does lose his inheritance, wealth, social position, and he is forced into the lowest position of society in order to save himself.
Detailed explanation-4: -Actor Edmund Kean reinstated the original tragic ending of King Lear, but although his acting earned praise, these performances did not go down well and he reverted to Tate’s version of the play.
Detailed explanation-5: -The adaptation was written by Nahum Tate and made its stage and print debut in 1681. In this version Lear and Cordelia survive, Cordelia and Edgar are married and there is no role for the Fool.