In each case, support your point with suitable reference to and quotation from the play.
1. Why has Edgar decided to disguise himself as a Bedlam beggar?
2. Edgar says, ‘Edgar I nothing am.’ Do you think he simply means that he is disguised as someone other than himself, or do you think he is being forced to confront who he truly is, now that he has nothing?
? Writing task
In the last scene, Kent referred to the ‘Wheel of Fortune’ that carried people with it as it turned. Research the idea of the Wheel of Fortune and explain how it has affected the characters in the play so far. Who has risen and who has fallen since Lear’s division of the kingdom?