But Gloucester can't prevent the showdown between Lear and his daughters — nor can he stop Cornwall from ordering that Lear be locked out of the castle, even though it's a stormy night and he might get "hit in the face by lightning. He also confides in his son that he's received a politically dangerous letter about Cordelia's French armies coming to attack Cornwall. He doesn't realize that this half-naked beggar is own his son, Edgar. Gloucester even complains to Kent about how much he's upset at Edgar's betrayal — with Edgar unseen right in front of him.
He protests that they are his guests and therefore shouldn't be torturing him, because that's bad etiquette. Despite his protests, the duo has Gloucester tied up and pluck out his eyes. When Gloucester calls on his son, Edmund, to help him, Regan kindly informs Gloucester that it was Edmund who betrayed him in the first place.
Because Gloucester is now a traitor, it's a liability to be seen with him. So Gloucester tells the servant to go back to the castle and instead asks Poor Tom, who has no reputation to lose, to guide him to the cliffs of Dover. Gloucester, in despair, has decided to commit suicide. So Gloucester lands with a little thump, alive, and Edgar, pretending to be another man, tells him he totally did fall of a cliff. Gloucester is found and brought before Regan and Cornwall.
They treat him cruelly, tying him up like a thief, insulting him, and pulling his white beard. Edgar has forgiven Gloucester, and his voice reflects the sentiment. Shakespeare signifies the change by having Edgar speak in verse, so the audience is also aware that Edgar is not the same man he was earlier in the play.
Cordelia is hanged in King Lear because she supports her father against Edmund and her sisters. Edmund has both Lear and Cordelia imprisoned. Edmund is pleased that two women died out of love for him. As he is about to die it himself, Edmund confesses that he ordered Lear and Cordelia put to death.
Gloucester is captured and tortured first having his beard ripped away and later being made blind. Unable to bear Cornwall's brutality any longer, a servant wounds Cornwall Gloucester now blind, realizes in his suffering his mistakes, especially about his son Edgar. Gloucester meets "poor Tom" not realizing it is Edgar in disguise. Edgar leads his father to the cliffs of Dover where his father wishes to commit suicide.
The Duke of Albany renounces his wife Goneril, realizing that he has been on the wrong side The Duke of Cornwall Regan's husband is now dead. The rivalry for Edmund by Regan and Goneril intensifies.
Kent wonders how Cordelia can be so good and her sisters so evil. The King of France will not oversee the battle about to begin. Cordelia is saddened by what she learns of King Lear's plight Cordelia has her men search for her father With the battle almost about to start, we learn Albany has switched sides again, supporting Goneril and Regan's forces against the invading French. Regan worries more about her sister's intentions for Edmund more than the battle that lies ahead Edgar continues to lead his father to the cliffs of Dover where he tricks him that he miraculously survived his fall.
Lear learns of Gloucester's blindness. Edgar kills Oswald when he attempts to kill Gloucester. Oswald's letter, which comes from Goneril, reveals instructions for Edmund to kill her husband, The Duke of Albany so she may marry him. Cordelia finds her father Lear who deeply regrets how he treated her Regan and Goneril put Edmund on the spot by demanding he choose for once and for all, which one of them he loves.
Albany decides to fight on Regan and Goneril's side but only to fight an invading power France. Cordelia's forces lose to Goneril and Regan's and Cordelia and Lear are taken prisoner.
Captured, King Lear tries to comfort Cordelia. Albany congratulates his allies but now turns on them.
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