Shakespeare's Tragedies

King Lear IV - "Is this the promised end?" (1x14)

Air date: Jan 01, 2007

We discuss the heartbreaking reunion between Lear and his banished daughter, along with the almost immediate shattering of Lear's newfound peace and his subsequent regression into madness. What kinds of catharsis or consolation might an audience find in the play's apocalyptic ending?