A side-by-side translation of Act 2, Scene 3 of King Lear from the original Shakespeare into modern English.
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Source: Folger Shakespeare Library | |
Enter Edgar. EDGAR I heard myself proclaimed, He exits. | Meanwhile, Fortune has not been kind to Edgar, who has survived the manhunt by hiding in a tree. Desperate to escape, he decides to disguise himself as "Poor Tom," an inmate of Bedlam hospital. He says he'll put mud all over his face and wear nothing but a blanket to cover his naughty bits. He'll also know up his hair and go around howling, acting like a madman who roams about the country driving sharp objects into the flesh of his arms and begging for charity. He ends by saying at least people will pity him as Tom. As Edgar, he's nothing. |