King Lear | Enters the scene carrying Cordelia’s dead body and dies immediately after he thinks he sees Cordelia start to breathe. |
The Fool | Completely dissapears at the end of Act 3 and is replaced by Edgar. |
Albany | Survives and offers Edgar and Kent their power back. |
Goneril | Commits suicide after poisoning Regan and Albany learning of her conspiracies against him through marriage to Edmund. |
Regan | Poisoned by Goneril. |
Cordelia | Is ordered to be hanged by Edmund after bother her and Lear are arrested. |
King Of France | Leaves Cordelia in battle to attend issues that were in France |
Cornwall | Killed by a servant for cutting out Gloucester’s eyes. |
Edmund | While he is dying of a wound he sends a servant to try to save Lear and Cordelia, regretting having ordered them to be killed. |
Gloucester | Died from being torn between grief and joy after Edgar reveals himself to him. |
Edgar | Survives but refuses his power offered by Albany. |
Kent | Survives and accepts the power offered back to him by Albany. |
Oswald | While delivering a letter to Edmund, he pledges to kill Gloucester if he sees him, but when he does he runs across Edgar in disguise who kills him. |
How Each Character Died in King Lear
July 24, 2019