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Consider the rather large cast of characters we meet in this play and the events that make up the main plot as well as the subplots.
Characters: Lear, Cordelia, Goneril, the Duke of Albany, Regan, the Duke of Cornwall, Edmund, Edgar, the Duke of Gloucester, Oswald, and Kent.
In the initial post, record your observations to the principle characters.
Who upholds the Great Chain of Being and who doesn’t? Then briefly explore each character’s possible reason(s).
How does Shakespeare disrupt the Great Chain of Being? What assumptions might Shakespeare be exploring or challenging?

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