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4,613 | 2266_act_4,_scene_7 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In the French camp, Cordelia speaks with Kent. She knows his real identity, but he wishes it to remain a secret to everyone else. Lear, who has been sleeping, is brought in to Cordelia. He only partially recognizes her. He says that he knows now that he is senile and not in his right mind, and he assumes that Cordelia ... | [
"Scaena Septima.",
"Enter Cordelia, Kent, and Gentleman.",
"Cor. O thou good Kent,\nHow shall I liue and worke\nTo match thy goodnesse?\nMy life will be too short,\nAnd euery measure faile me",
"Kent. To be acknowledg'd Madam is ore-pai'd,\nAll my reports go with the modest truth,\nNor more, nor clipt, but so... |
4,614 | 2266_act_5,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In the British camp near Dover, Regan asks Edmund if he loves Goneril and if he has found his way into her bed. Edmund responds in the negative to both questions. Regan expresses jealousy of her sister and beseeches Edmund not to be familiar with her. Abruptly, Goneril and Albany enter with their troops. Albany states ... | [
"Actus Quintus. Scena Prima.",
"Enter with Drumme and Colours, Edmund, Regan. Gentlemen, and\nSouldiers.",
"Bast. Know of the Duke if his last purpose hold,\nOr whether since he is aduis'd by ought\nTo change the course, he's full of alteration,\nAnd selfereprouing, bring his constant pleasure",
"Reg. Our Sis... |
4,615 | 2266_act_5,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The battle begins. Edgar, in peasant's clothing, leads Gloucester to the shelter of a tree and goes into battle to fight on Lear's side. He soon returns, shouting that Lear's side has lost and that Lear and Cordelia have been captured. Gloucester states that he will stay where he is and wait to be captured or killed, b... | [
"Scena Secunda.",
"Alarum within. Enter with Drumme and Colours, Lear, Cordelia,\nand\nSouldiers, ouer the Stage, and Exeunt. Enter Edgar, and Gloster.",
"Edg. Heere Father, take the shadow of this Tree\nFor your good hoast: pray that the right may thriue:\nIf euer I returne to you againe,\nIle bring you comfor... |
4,616 | 2266_act_5,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Howl, howl, howl, howl! O, you are men of stones . . . Edmund leads in Lear and Cordelia as his prisoners. Cordelia expects to confront Regan and Goneril, but Lear vehemently refuses to do so. He describes a vividly imagined fantasy, in which he and Cordelia live alone together like birds in a cage, hearing about the o... | [
"Scena Tertia.",
"Enter in conquest with Drum and Colours, Edmund, Lear, and\nCordelia, as\nprisoners, Souldiers, Captaine.",
"Bast. Some Officers take them away: good guard,\nVntill their greater pleasures first be knowne\nThat are to censure them",
"Cor. We are not the first,\nWho with best meaning haue inc... |
4,594 | 2266_act_1,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The play opens in King Lear's palace with Kent and Gloucester in conversation. They are discussing King Lear's regard for his two sons-in-law, the Dukes of Albany and Cornwall. Kent suggests that the King favors one over the other and fears that the favoritism will cause a problem and affect the kingdom. Listening to t... | [
"Actus Primus. Scoena Prima.",
"Enter Kent, Gloucester, and Edmond.",
"Kent. I thought the King had more affected the\nDuke of Albany, then Cornwall",
"Glou. It did alwayes seeme so to vs: But\nnow in the diuision of the Kingdome, it appeares\nnot which of the Dukes hee valewes\nmost, for qualities are so wei... |
4,596 | 2266_act_1,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | This scene takes place at the Duke of Albany's castle. Goneril, Albany's wife, is in a bad temper, for she has discovered that Lear has struck her steward, Oswald, for castigating the King's Fool. She describes him as a tyrannical old man and wearies of his presence. She complains about Lear's fits of violence and the ... | [
"Scena Tertia.",
"Enter Gonerill, and Steward.",
"Gon. Did my Father strike my Gentleman for chiding\nof his Foole?\n Ste. I Madam",
"Gon. By day and night, he wrongs me, euery howre\nHe flashes into one grosse crime, or other,\nThat sets vs all at ods: Ile not endure it;\nHis Knights grow riotous, and himse... |
4,597 | 2266_act_1,_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In this scene, Kent enters Goneril's castle in disguise; he has come to be of assistance to the King, if needed. Rather than leave the country as ordered, he has donned the garb of a menial servant. Lear enters with his retinue, having just returned from his hunting, and is impatient to be served. Since Oswald has been... | [
"Scena Quarta.",
"Enter Kent.",
"Kent. If but as will I other accents borrow,\nThat can my speech defuse, my good intent\nMay carry through it selfe to that full issue\nFor which I raiz'd my likenesse. Now banisht Kent,\nIf thou canst serue where thou dost stand condemn'd,\nSo may it come, thy Master whom thou ... |
4,598 | 2266_act_1,_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Lear is on his way to Regan's castle at Gloucester, accompanied by the Fool. He has sent the disguised Kent ahead to announce his arrival. The Fool comments on Lear's pathetic condition, asking seemingly foolish questions that elicit a laugh from the King. But the bantering soon descends into self-reproach and despair ... | [
"Scena Quinta.",
"Enter Lear, Kent, Gentleman, and Foole.",
"Lear. Go you before to Gloster with these Letters;\nacquaint my Daughter no further with any thing you\nknow, then comes from her demand out of the Letter,\nif your Dilligence be not speedy, I shall be there afore\nyou",
"Kent. I will not sleepe my ... |
4,599 | 2266_act_2,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At Gloucester Castle, Edmund learns from Curan, a courtier, that the Duke of Cornwall and his Duchess, Regan, will be arriving the same night. When he learns that there is hostility between Goneril, Regan, and their husbands, Edmund is excited. He believes that he can use their hard feelings to help him in his plan to ... | [
"Actus Secundus. Scena Prima.",
"Enter Bastard, and Curan, seuerally.",
"Bast. Saue thee Curan",
"Cur. And you Sir, I haue bin\nWith your Father, and giuen him notice\nThat the Duke of Cornwall, and Regan his Duchesse\nWill be here with him this night",
"Bast. How comes that?\n Cur. Nay I know not, you hau... |
4,600 | 2266_act_2,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Outside the outer walls of Gloucester Castle, Kent and Oswald arrive with their communications. Oswald, not recognizing Kent, greets him; Kent, wanting a quarrel, replies offensively. Oswald is startled by the stranger's rudeness and tells Kent that he does not know him. Kent replies that he knows him as a contemptuo... | [
"Scena Secunda.",
"Enter Kent, and Steward seuerally.",
"Stew. Good dawning to thee Friend, art of this house?\n Kent. I",
"Stew. Where may we set our horses?\n Kent. I'th' myre",
"Stew. Prythee, if thou lou'st me, tell me",
"Kent. I loue thee not",
"Ste. Why then I care not for thee",
"Kent. If I h... |
4,601 | 2266_act_3,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In this act, King Lear somewhat redeems himself. He faces the terrible fury of the storm with an inward fury, fueled by passion and rage. As he breaks down, he suffers intensely. The external tempest of nature's fury mingles with his inner one caused by filial betrayal. As he looks at the facts, he is forced to face hi... | [
"Actus Tertius. Scena Prima.",
"Storme still. Enter Kent, and a Gentleman, seuerally.",
"Kent. Who's there besides foule weather?\n Gen. One minded like the weather, most vnquietly",
"Kent. I know you: Where's the King?\n Gent. Contending with the fretfull Elements;\nBids the winde blow the Earth into the S... |
4,602 | 2266_act_3,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In the midst of a violent storm, Lear enters; he is accompanied by the Fool, who is shivering and terrified. Lear himself is "tempestuously" ecstatic. He exults in the power of nature and compares it to his daughters. Ironically, he now acknowledges himself as old, infirm, defenseless, and powerless. As he looks at the... | [
"Scena Secunda.",
"Storme still. Enter Lear, and Foole.",
"Lear. Blow windes, & crack your cheeks; Rage, blow\nYou Cataracts, and Hyrricano's spout,\nTill you haue drench'd our Steeples, drown the Cockes.\nYou Sulph'rous and Thought-executing Fires,\nVaunt-curriors of Oake-cleauing Thunder-bolts,\nSindge my whi... |
4,603 | 2266_act_3,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Back at his castle, Gloucester reveals his disapproval of the treatment given to Lear by his daughters. He condemns them for their disloyalty and declares his own loyalty to the king. His plan is to search for Lear and offer him aid, in the hope of relieving his suffering. A hypocritical Edmund also expresses his sympa... | [
"Enter Gloster, and Edmund.",
"Glo. Alacke, alacke Edmund, I like not this vnnaturall\ndealing; when I desired their leaue that I might pity him,\nthey tooke from me the vse of mine owne house, charg'd\nme on paine of perpetuall displeasure, neither to speake\nof him, entreat for him, or any way sustaine him",
... |
4,604 | 2266_act_3,_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | This scene returns to Lear and his sufferings. With Kent and the Fool, the King finds a hovel that can provide some protection. He tells the Fool to enter first, thinking of others before himself. He also thinks about the contrasts between this modest hovel and the splendor of his court; amazingly, he now seems to desp... | [
"Scena Quarta.",
"Enter Lear, Kent, and Foole.",
"Kent. Here is the place my Lord, good my Lord enter,\nThe tirrany of the open night's too rough\nFor Nature to endure.",
"Storme still",
"Lear. Let me alone",
"Kent. Good my Lord enter heere",
"Lear. Wilt breake my heart?\n Kent. I had rather breake min... |
4,605 | 2266_act_3,_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The next scene is a brief exchange between Edmund and Cornwall. Edmund plots against his father, Gloucester; he tells the Duke about a letter showing Gloucester to be an accomplice to the invasion of Britain by France. To reward Edmund for the warning, Cornwall makes him the Earl of Gloucester and issues orders for Glo... | [
"Scena Quinta.",
"Enter Cornwall, and Edmund.",
"Corn. I will haue my reuenge, ere I depart his house",
"Bast. How my Lord, I may be censured, that Nature\nthus giues way to Loyaltie, something feares mee to\nthinke of",
"Cornw. I now perceiue, it was not altogether your\nBrothers euill disposition made him... |
4,606 | 2266_act_3,_scene_6 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Gloucester leaves the King and his companions in safety at a farmhouse close to the castle and departs to find provisions. Left to his agony, Lear dwells on his mistreatment. He conjures up a mock trial of Goneril and Regan, where he sits in judgment and tries his older daughters for their cruelty towards their father.... | [
"Scena Sexta.",
"Enter Kent, and Gloucester.",
"Glou. Heere is better then the open ayre, take it thankfully:\nI will peece out the comfort with what addition I\ncan: I will not be long from you.",
"Exit",
"Kent. All the powre of his wits, haue giuen way to his\nimpatience: the Gods reward your kindnesse.\n... |
4,607 | 2266_act_3,_scene_7 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At Gloucester Castle, Cornwall is concerned about the French invasion. He is going to send Goneril and Edmund with a letter to Albany, explaining that the French Army is about to attack Britain. He has also ordered Gloucester's arrest for "treachery." Goneril suggests plucking out Gloucester's eye after his capture, an... | [
"Scena Septima.",
"Enter Cornwall, Regan, Gonerill, Bastard, and Seruants.",
"Corn. Poste speedily to my Lord your husband, shew\nhim this Letter, the Army of France is landed: seeke out\nthe Traitor Glouster",
"Reg. Hang him instantly",
"Gon. Plucke out his eyes",
"Corn. Leaue him to my displeasure. Edmo... |
4,608 | 2266_act_4,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Still disguised as the filthy beggar Tom, Edgar tries to be optimistic and cheerful. He says that it is better to be openly despised than to be openly flattered and secretly despised. In his beggar's garb, he is no longer troubled by the contempt that society heaps on him. Then an old man leads Gloucester in front of E... | [
"Actus Quartus. Scena Prima.",
"Enter Edgar.",
"Edg. Yet better thus, and knowne to be contemn'd,\nThen still contemn'd and flatter'd, to be worst:\nThe lowest, and most deiected thing of Fortune,\nStands still in esperance, liues not in feare:\nThe lamentable change is from the best,\nThe worst returnes to lau... |
4,609 | 2266_act_4,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Back at the castle, Oswald informs Goneril that her husband, Albany, is behaving strangely. Although earlier he had been too weak to restrain his wife's cruelty, now he is condemning her and Edmund, looking forward to the King of France's arrival in Dover. Goneril is displeased and declares she will take over. She also... | [
"Scena Secunda.",
"Enter Gonerill, Bastard, and Steward.",
"Gon. Welcome my Lord. I meruell our mild husband\nNot met vs on the way. Now, where's your Master?\n Stew. Madam within, but neuer man so chang'd:\nI told him of the Army that was Landed:\nHe smil'd at it. I told him you were comming,\nHis answer was,... |
4,610 | 2266_act_4,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At Dover, Kent learns from the Gentleman that the King of France has been called back to his own country, but French troops have arrived in England. The Gentleman also describes Cordelia's reactions to the letter Kent had written, telling of her father's miseries. Cordelia had wept upon reading about Lear's tragic plig... | [
"Scena Tertia.",
"Enter with Drum and Colours, Cordelia, Gentlemen, and\nSouldiours.",
"Cor. Alacke, 'tis he: why he was met euen now\nAs mad as the vext Sea, singing alowd.\nCrown'd with ranke Fenitar, and furrow weeds,\nWith Hardokes, Hemlocke, Nettles, Cuckoo flowres,\nDarnell, and all the idle weedes that g... |
4,611 | 2266_act_4,_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Cordelia hears that Lear is wandering about in a deranged state of mind and is very afraid that grief will kill him. She has sought the help of a doctor, who advises that the King needs rest and herbs to help his health. She gives orders to her soldiers that they should look for Lear and bring him to her. A messenger e... | [
"Scena Quarta.",
"Enter Regan, and Steward.",
"Reg. But are my Brothers Powres set forth?\n Stew. I Madam",
"Reg. Himselfe in person there?\n Stew. Madam with much ado:\nYour Sister is the better Souldier",
"Reg. Lord Edmund spake not with your Lord at home?\n Stew. No Madam",
"Reg. What might import m... |
4,612 | 2266_act_4,_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Goneril and Regan have become adversaries, both scheming to win Edmund's love. Goneril sends a letter to Edmund through her trusted servant, Oswald. Upon reaching Gloucester Castle, Oswald is met by Regan, who tries to persuade him to reveal the contents of Goneril's letter. When he refuses, their conversation turns to... | [
"Scena Quinta.",
"Enter Gloucester, and Edgar.",
"Glou. When shall I come to th' top of that same hill?\n Edg. You do climbe vp it now. Look how we labor",
"Glou. Me thinkes the ground is eeuen",
"Edg. Horrible steepe.\nHearke, do you heare the Sea?\n Glou. No truly",
"Edg. Why then your other Senses gr... |
4,613 | 2266_act_4,_scene_7 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Cordelia is in her camp near Dover with Kent, a doctor, and others. Cordelia thanks Kent for all that he has done for her father. When Cordelia asks the doctor about the condition of her father who has been brought to her, the doctor replies that the king is still asleep. A sleeping Lear is brought on the scene, and Co... | [
"Scaena Septima.",
"Enter Cordelia, Kent, and Gentleman.",
"Cor. O thou good Kent,\nHow shall I liue and worke\nTo match thy goodnesse?\nMy life will be too short,\nAnd euery measure faile me",
"Kent. To be acknowledg'd Madam is ore-pai'd,\nAll my reports go with the modest truth,\nNor more, nor clipt, but so... |
4,614 | 2266_act_5,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The battle between England and France is about to begin. Regan has made Edmund the general of her forces. As the scene opens she speaks to Edmund about her love for him; but she also questions him about Goneril. Edmund denies any interest in her and professes undying love and loyalty to Regan. Regan still warns him abo... | [
"Actus Quintus. Scena Prima.",
"Enter with Drumme and Colours, Edmund, Regan. Gentlemen, and\nSouldiers.",
"Bast. Know of the Duke if his last purpose hold,\nOr whether since he is aduis'd by ought\nTo change the course, he's full of alteration,\nAnd selfereprouing, bring his constant pleasure",
"Reg. Our Sis... |
4,615 | 2266_act_5,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Edgar leads his father to a safe shelter and asks Gloucester to pray that the British will win. Edgar then leaves to go to battle. Cordelia, after making certain that Lear is safe, leads the French troops, who do not fair well in the fight. Edgar returns to Gloucester and announces that Cordelia's army has lost the bat... | [
"Scena Secunda.",
"Alarum within. Enter with Drumme and Colours, Lear, Cordelia,\nand\nSouldiers, ouer the Stage, and Exeunt. Enter Edgar, and Gloster.",
"Edg. Heere Father, take the shadow of this Tree\nFor your good hoast: pray that the right may thriue:\nIf euer I returne to you againe,\nIle bring you comfor... |
4,616 | 2266_act_5,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | In this final scene, Edmund enters triumphantly, having captured Lear and Cordelia. He plans to have both of them put in prison. Lear, seeming somewhat sane again, realizes the danger that threatens Cordelia and him, but he refuses to be unhappy with Cordelia at his side. She is not concerned about herself, but is grie... | [
"Scena Tertia.",
"Enter in conquest with Drum and Colours, Edmund, Lear, and\nCordelia, as\nprisoners, Souldiers, Captaine.",
"Bast. Some Officers take them away: good guard,\nVntill their greater pleasures first be knowne\nThat are to censure them",
"Cor. We are not the first,\nWho with best meaning haue inc... |
4,594 | 2266_act_1_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | There is a conversation between the Earls of Kent and Gloucester where we learn that the King plans to divide his Kingdom amongst his three daughters, two of whom are married, and the youngest has two suitors, the Duke of Burgundy and the King of France. The Kingdom is expected to be divided according to the worth of K... | [
"Actus Primus. Scoena Prima.",
"Enter Kent, Gloucester, and Edmond.",
"Kent. I thought the King had more affected the\nDuke of Albany, then Cornwall",
"Glou. It did alwayes seeme so to vs: But\nnow in the diuision of the Kingdome, it appeares\nnot which of the Dukes hee valewes\nmost, for qualities are so wei... |
4,595 | 2266_act_1_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The action switches to the Earl of Gloucester's castle where Edmund delivers a soliloquy where he appeals to nature to help him undo the laws that inhibit his prospects. He sets in motion his plan to steal Edgar's inheritance and when his father enters, he pretends to be distraught over the contents of a letter he has ... | [
"Scena Secunda.",
"Enter Bastard.",
"Bast. Thou Nature art my Goddesse, to thy Law\nMy seruices are bound, wherefore should I\nStand in the plague of custome, and permit\nThe curiosity of Nations, to depriue me? For that I am some twelue, or fourteene Moonshines\nLag of a Brother? Why Bastard? Wherefore base? W... |
4,596 | 2266_act_1_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Goneril asks her steward, Oswald, if it is true that her father struck him because he was ridiculing the King's Fool. Oswald confirms this, and the angry Goneril tells Oswald to be unhelpful when dealing with her father and his entourage. She indicates that if her father does not like this treatment, he should move and... | [
"Scena Tertia.",
"Enter Gonerill, and Steward.",
"Gon. Did my Father strike my Gentleman for chiding\nof his Foole?\n Ste. I Madam",
"Gon. By day and night, he wrongs me, euery howre\nHe flashes into one grosse crime, or other,\nThat sets vs all at ods: Ile not endure it;\nHis Knights grow riotous, and himse... |
4,597 | 2266_act_1_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The Earl of Kent arrives at the palace in disguise and using the name Caius. He seeks a place in service for the King to whom he remains loyal. The King questions Kent and he is so impressed by his answers that he agrees to hire him. The King has a large entourage and they are already beginning to annoy Goneril and her... | [
"Scena Quarta.",
"Enter Kent.",
"Kent. If but as will I other accents borrow,\nThat can my speech defuse, my good intent\nMay carry through it selfe to that full issue\nFor which I raiz'd my likenesse. Now banisht Kent,\nIf thou canst serue where thou dost stand condemn'd,\nSo may it come, thy Master whom thou ... |
4,598 | 2266_act_1_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Kent is given orders to ride to Regan's home so that she can prepare for the King's arrival. The Fool endeavors to lift the burden that his master carries and tries to lighten his mood with rhymes. However, Lear is depressed and fears for his own sanity. The scene ends with the announcement that preparations are ready ... | [
"Scena Quinta.",
"Enter Lear, Kent, Gentleman, and Foole.",
"Lear. Go you before to Gloster with these Letters;\nacquaint my Daughter no further with any thing you\nknow, then comes from her demand out of the Letter,\nif your Dilligence be not speedy, I shall be there afore\nyou",
"Kent. I will not sleepe my ... |
4,599 | 2266_act_2_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | We learn that there is some public unrest in the locality, which concerns Edmund particularly as the Duke of Cornwall and his wife Regan will arrive at the castle shortly. Edmund is pleased about recent developments, as they will all contribute to his advancement. His half-brother Edgar is in hiding and Edmund tells hi... | [
"Actus Secundus. Scena Prima.",
"Enter Bastard, and Curan, seuerally.",
"Bast. Saue thee Curan",
"Cur. And you Sir, I haue bin\nWith your Father, and giuen him notice\nThat the Duke of Cornwall, and Regan his Duchesse\nWill be here with him this night",
"Bast. How comes that?\n Cur. Nay I know not, you hau... |
4,600 | 2266_act_2_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Both Kent, in disguise, and Oswald have letters for Regan. The two argue and Kent draws his sword and beats Oswald with it. He is still angry at the steward's disrespectful attitude towards the King. The commotion attracts the attention of Edmund and the others and they come to make the peace. Regan quickly deduces tha... | [
"Scena Secunda.",
"Enter Kent, and Steward seuerally.",
"Stew. Good dawning to thee Friend, art of this house?\n Kent. I",
"Stew. Where may we set our horses?\n Kent. I'th' myre",
"Stew. Prythee, if thou lou'st me, tell me",
"Kent. I loue thee not",
"Ste. Why then I care not for thee",
"Kent. If I h... |
4,601 | 2266_act_3_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The raging storm continues, and Kent meets a gentleman who tells him that King Lear wanders about with only his Fool as companion. Seeing that the gentleman is a trustworthy person, Kent tells him that there is a growing mistrust between the Dukes of Albany and Cornwall. The King of France has learnt of the way in whic... | [
"Actus Tertius. Scena Prima.",
"Storme still. Enter Kent, and a Gentleman, seuerally.",
"Kent. Who's there besides foule weather?\n Gen. One minded like the weather, most vnquietly",
"Kent. I know you: Where's the King?\n Gent. Contending with the fretfull Elements;\nBids the winde blow the Earth into the S... |
4,602 | 2266_act_3_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | We join a conversation between Lear and his Fool. We read, Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! Rage! Blow! You cataracts and hurricanoes, spout | [
"Scena Secunda.",
"Storme still. Enter Lear, and Foole.",
"Lear. Blow windes, & crack your cheeks; Rage, blow\nYou Cataracts, and Hyrricano's spout,\nTill you haue drench'd our Steeples, drown the Cockes.\nYou Sulph'rous and Thought-executing Fires,\nVaunt-curriors of Oake-cleauing Thunder-bolts,\nSindge my whi... |
4,603 | 2266_act_3_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Gloucester complains to his son Edmund about the offhand way he has been treated by Regan and Cornwall. They have ordered him not to assist King Lear, and Edmund agrees with his father that this is a strange request. Gloucester tells Edmund that he has a letter containing details of a plan to put right the injustice su... | [
"Enter Gloster, and Edmund.",
"Glo. Alacke, alacke Edmund, I like not this vnnaturall\ndealing; when I desired their leaue that I might pity him,\nthey tooke from me the vse of mine owne house, charg'd\nme on paine of perpetuall displeasure, neither to speake\nof him, entreat for him, or any way sustaine him",
... |
4,604 | 2266_act_3_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The Fool has entered the hovel, but the King still refuses to take shelter. The Fool rushes from the hovel saying that there is a spirit inside. Edgar emerges disguised as Poor Tom, and the King thinks he has found a kindred spirit, and to be like him he tears off his own clothing so that he too can be unclad like Poor... | [
"Scena Quarta.",
"Enter Lear, Kent, and Foole.",
"Kent. Here is the place my Lord, good my Lord enter,\nThe tirrany of the open night's too rough\nFor Nature to endure.",
"Storme still",
"Lear. Let me alone",
"Kent. Good my Lord enter heere",
"Lear. Wilt breake my heart?\n Kent. I had rather breake min... |
4,605 | 2266_act_3_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Edmund betrays his father to Cornwall and gains further favor from the Duke. Cornwall is now aware of the King of France's plans to aid King Lear, his wife's father. At the end of the scene, we note that Cornwall addresses Edmund as the Earl of Gloucester. | [
"Scena Quinta.",
"Enter Cornwall, and Edmund.",
"Corn. I will haue my reuenge, ere I depart his house",
"Bast. How my Lord, I may be censured, that Nature\nthus giues way to Loyaltie, something feares mee to\nthinke of",
"Cornw. I now perceiue, it was not altogether your\nBrothers euill disposition made him... |
4,606 | 2266_act_3_scene_6 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Lear, Kent, Fool and Edgar enter the farmhouse and they await Gloucester bringing them provisions. The manic Lear seeks vengeance on his daughters for the evil offences they have committed against him. He decides to set up a mock trial so that he can bring charges against his daughters, and he appoints the Fool and Edg... | [
"Scena Sexta.",
"Enter Kent, and Gloucester.",
"Glou. Heere is better then the open ayre, take it thankfully:\nI will peece out the comfort with what addition I\ncan: I will not be long from you.",
"Exit",
"Kent. All the powre of his wits, haue giuen way to his\nimpatience: the Gods reward your kindnesse.\n... |
4,607 | 2266_act_3_scene_7 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The information Cornwall received from Edmund concerning the invasion by the French army is passed on to Goneril with the assumption that the Duke of Albany will command the English forces. Cornwall then orders that the traitor Gloucester is to be captured and Regan urges that he be hanged, but the crueler Goneril sugg... | [
"Scena Septima.",
"Enter Cornwall, Regan, Gonerill, Bastard, and Seruants.",
"Corn. Poste speedily to my Lord your husband, shew\nhim this Letter, the Army of France is landed: seeke out\nthe Traitor Glouster",
"Reg. Hang him instantly",
"Gon. Plucke out his eyes",
"Corn. Leaue him to my displeasure. Edmo... |
4,608 | 2266_act_4_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Just when Edgar thinks that matters cannot get any worse, he meets with his blind father, led by an old servant. Edgar dismisses Gloucester's guide, as he will be in danger if he is seen helping ‘a traitor'. Gloucester continues to lament his ill-judged treatment of Edgar who maintains his disguise and uses the vo... | [
"Actus Quartus. Scena Prima.",
"Enter Edgar.",
"Edg. Yet better thus, and knowne to be contemn'd,\nThen still contemn'd and flatter'd, to be worst:\nThe lowest, and most deiected thing of Fortune,\nStands still in esperance, liues not in feare:\nThe lamentable change is from the best,\nThe worst returnes to lau... |
4,609 | 2266_act_4_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The scene opens with Goneril and Edmund and they are joined by Oswald who has news that Albany is a changed man. The steward informs Goneril that Albany seems pleased at the impending invasion by France and showed disappointment that Edmund has replaced his father as Earl of Gloucester. As a result, Goneril takes comma... | [
"Scena Secunda.",
"Enter Gonerill, Bastard, and Steward.",
"Gon. Welcome my Lord. I meruell our mild husband\nNot met vs on the way. Now, where's your Master?\n Stew. Madam within, but neuer man so chang'd:\nI told him of the Army that was Landed:\nHe smil'd at it. I told him you were comming,\nHis answer was,... |
4,610 | 2266_act_4_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Although the King of France commanded his forces when they arrived in Dover, he has left and his army is commanded by his Marshall. A gentleman describes to Kent Cordelia's reaction on receiving Kent's letter providing information concerning King Lear's status. Cordelia is appalled at the behavior of her two older sist... | [
"Scena Tertia.",
"Enter with Drum and Colours, Cordelia, Gentlemen, and\nSouldiours.",
"Cor. Alacke, 'tis he: why he was met euen now\nAs mad as the vext Sea, singing alowd.\nCrown'd with ranke Fenitar, and furrow weeds,\nWith Hardokes, Hemlocke, Nettles, Cuckoo flowres,\nDarnell, and all the idle weedes that g... |
4,611 | 2266_act_4_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Cordelia learns from a messenger that her father is nearby. She now commands the armies of her husband and she waits to face the English army. She learns that her father is a weird sight dressed in weeds and flowers. She consults with her physician to ask whether her father can be cured. He is confident that with care ... | [
"Scena Quarta.",
"Enter Regan, and Steward.",
"Reg. But are my Brothers Powres set forth?\n Stew. I Madam",
"Reg. Himselfe in person there?\n Stew. Madam with much ado:\nYour Sister is the better Souldier",
"Reg. Lord Edmund spake not with your Lord at home?\n Stew. No Madam",
"Reg. What might import m... |
4,612 | 2266_act_4_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Oswald advises Regan that the Duke of Albany has been persuaded to lead the English forces against the French army. He also carries a letter from Goneril to Edmund and Regan is more interested in the contents of the letter than the forthcoming battle. She commands Oswald to give her the letter because she is aware that... | [
"Scena Quinta.",
"Enter Gloucester, and Edgar.",
"Glou. When shall I come to th' top of that same hill?\n Edg. You do climbe vp it now. Look how we labor",
"Glou. Me thinkes the ground is eeuen",
"Edg. Horrible steepe.\nHearke, do you heare the Sea?\n Glou. No truly",
"Edg. Why then your other Senses gr... |
4,613 | 2266_act_4_scene_7 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Kent reveals his true identity to Cordelia, who expresses her thanks to him for the assistance he has given to her father. Kent will continue to play the part of Caius as he has still work to do. Cordelia's physician advises that the King has slept long and when he is roused it will be to the tune of healing music. Lea... | [
"Scaena Septima.",
"Enter Cordelia, Kent, and Gentleman.",
"Cor. O thou good Kent,\nHow shall I liue and worke\nTo match thy goodnesse?\nMy life will be too short,\nAnd euery measure faile me",
"Kent. To be acknowledg'd Madam is ore-pai'd,\nAll my reports go with the modest truth,\nNor more, nor clipt, but so... |
4,614 | 2266_act_5_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Edmund and Regan have assembled their army, but they wonder whether Albany is resolute in his intention to fight against the French. They are also concerned about Oswald's disappearance and they feel sure he has met with disaster. Regan makes it clear that she lusts after Edmund, but she is also consumed with jealousy ... | [
"Actus Quintus. Scena Prima.",
"Enter with Drumme and Colours, Edmund, Regan. Gentlemen, and\nSouldiers.",
"Bast. Know of the Duke if his last purpose hold,\nOr whether since he is aduis'd by ought\nTo change the course, he's full of alteration,\nAnd selfereprouing, bring his constant pleasure",
"Reg. Our Sis... |
4,615 | 2266_act_5_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Cordelia, Lear and their army move to engage with Edmund and Albany's army. Edgar and Gloucester hide nearby to await the outcome of the battle. Once Edgar has ensured that Gloucester is safe, he leaves to see how the battle progresses. He returns with bad news that Lear's forces have lost and he and Cordelia have been... | [
"Scena Secunda.",
"Alarum within. Enter with Drumme and Colours, Lear, Cordelia,\nand\nSouldiers, ouer the Stage, and Exeunt. Enter Edgar, and Gloster.",
"Edg. Heere Father, take the shadow of this Tree\nFor your good hoast: pray that the right may thriue:\nIf euer I returne to you againe,\nIle bring you comfor... |
4,616 | 2266_act_5_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Lear and Cordelia are led in as prisoners. Edmund is their jailor. They are led away to prison and Edmund gives the officer in charge his orders that are to be followed immediately. Edmund is joined by Albany, Goneril and Regan. Albany demands that Lear and Cordelia be put into his custody, but Edmund refuses. Albany t... | [
"Scena Tertia.",
"Enter in conquest with Drum and Colours, Edmund, Lear, and\nCordelia, as\nprisoners, Souldiers, Captaine.",
"Bast. Some Officers take them away: good guard,\nVntill their greater pleasures first be knowne\nThat are to censure them",
"Cor. We are not the first,\nWho with best meaning haue inc... |
4,594 | 2266_act_1,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | King Lear in his old age decides it is time to divide up his kingdom among his daughters. In order to decide how much each girl and her husband gets, he makes them each publicly declare their love. The oldest daughter Goneril has no problem doing this, nor does his middle daughter Regan. His youngest and favorite daugh... | [
"Actus Primus. Scoena Prima.",
"Enter Kent, Gloucester, and Edmond.",
"Kent. I thought the King had more affected the\nDuke of Albany, then Cornwall",
"Glou. It did alwayes seeme so to vs: But\nnow in the diuision of the Kingdome, it appeares\nnot which of the Dukes hee valewes\nmost, for qualities are so wei... |
4,595 | 2266_act_1,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Edmund, the bastard son of Gloucester, comes up with a plan to usurp his brother and gain his father's land and money. His father comes to him, and he quickly hides a forged letter from his brother, Edgar. Because of his strange behavior, his father asks to see the letter. He is disgusted by the treacherous content of ... | [
"Scena Secunda.",
"Enter Bastard.",
"Bast. Thou Nature art my Goddesse, to thy Law\nMy seruices are bound, wherefore should I\nStand in the plague of custome, and permit\nThe curiosity of Nations, to depriue me? For that I am some twelue, or fourteene Moonshines\nLag of a Brother? Why Bastard? Wherefore base? W... |
4,598 | 2266_act_1,_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Lear sends Kent, still in disguise, ahead to his daughter Regan's house so she can prepare for his arrival. While he is gone, the Fool who is traveling with them tells the former King that he could easily be the fool. When the king asks why, the fool tells him it is because he gave away his land too soon, and made hims... | [
"Scena Quinta.",
"Enter Lear, Kent, Gentleman, and Foole.",
"Lear. Go you before to Gloster with these Letters;\nacquaint my Daughter no further with any thing you\nknow, then comes from her demand out of the Letter,\nif your Dilligence be not speedy, I shall be there afore\nyou",
"Kent. I will not sleepe my ... |
4,599 | 2266_act_2,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Edmund hears that the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall are coming to his father's house. He decides it is time to put his plan fully into effect. He tells his brother that more evidence has come up against him. When his father comes, he makes him draw his sword. At Edmunds behest, Edgar flees making him look like a traitor... | [
"Actus Secundus. Scena Prima.",
"Enter Bastard, and Curan, seuerally.",
"Bast. Saue thee Curan",
"Cur. And you Sir, I haue bin\nWith your Father, and giuen him notice\nThat the Duke of Cornwall, and Regan his Duchesse\nWill be here with him this night",
"Bast. How comes that?\n Cur. Nay I know not, you hau... |
4,600 | 2266_act_2,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Kent and Oswald, messengers from Lear and Goneril, meet in the courtyard of Gloucester. Kent recognizes the steward and starts to berate him and challenges him to a fight because of his purpose against the king. Oswald refuses the fight, but Kent begins to beat him anyway. Gloucester, Regan, the Duke of Cornwall, and E... | [
"Scena Secunda.",
"Enter Kent, and Steward seuerally.",
"Stew. Good dawning to thee Friend, art of this house?\n Kent. I",
"Stew. Where may we set our horses?\n Kent. I'th' myre",
"Stew. Prythee, if thou lou'st me, tell me",
"Kent. I loue thee not",
"Ste. Why then I care not for thee",
"Kent. If I h... |
4,602 | 2266_act_3,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Lear and the Fool are caught out in the storm. The Fool begs him to go back to his daughters to seek shelter, but he refuses. Kent finds them and tells them that he has found a hovel in which they can take shelter. He leads them there to stay throughout the storm | [
"Scena Secunda.",
"Storme still. Enter Lear, and Foole.",
"Lear. Blow windes, & crack your cheeks; Rage, blow\nYou Cataracts, and Hyrricano's spout,\nTill you haue drench'd our Steeples, drown the Cockes.\nYou Sulph'rous and Thought-executing Fires,\nVaunt-curriors of Oake-cleauing Thunder-bolts,\nSindge my whi... |
4,603 | 2266_act_3,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Gloucester does not like the way the duke and duchesses are treating their father. He tells Edmund of a letter he received about the division happening between the dukes and the French involvement. Gloucester decides to go to the ex-kings aid, and Edmund decides to capitalize on his father's decision. With instructions... | [
"Enter Gloster, and Edmund.",
"Glo. Alacke, alacke Edmund, I like not this vnnaturall\ndealing; when I desired their leaue that I might pity him,\nthey tooke from me the vse of mine owne house, charg'd\nme on paine of perpetuall displeasure, neither to speake\nof him, entreat for him, or any way sustaine him",
... |
4,604 | 2266_act_3,_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Lear and his men reach the hovel, and he mourns that his daughters have betrayed him. When they enter the hovel, they find Edgar disguised as a madman. When the madman speaks, Lear wonders if it was the man's daughters that drove him mad. He laments on how daughters are the roots of the evils in his life. The men begin... | [
"Scena Quarta.",
"Enter Lear, Kent, and Foole.",
"Kent. Here is the place my Lord, good my Lord enter,\nThe tirrany of the open night's too rough\nFor Nature to endure.",
"Storme still",
"Lear. Let me alone",
"Kent. Good my Lord enter heere",
"Lear. Wilt breake my heart?\n Kent. I had rather breake min... |
4,605 | 2266_act_3,_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Edmund gives Cornwall the incriminating letter from the French and he is very angry. For the bastard's loyalty, Cornwall makes him the Earl of Gloucester, and his father an outlaw. Cornwall tells Edmund that he must accompany him to see Regan | [
"Scena Quinta.",
"Enter Cornwall, and Edmund.",
"Corn. I will haue my reuenge, ere I depart his house",
"Bast. How my Lord, I may be censured, that Nature\nthus giues way to Loyaltie, something feares mee to\nthinke of",
"Cornw. I now perceiue, it was not altogether your\nBrothers euill disposition made him... |
4,606 | 2266_act_3,_scene_6 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | When the men in the storm arrive at the house that Gloucester has prepared for them, the king decides to put his daughters to a mock trial. Kent urges him to sleep, but in his madness he can only think about punishing his children. Gloucester has left them to go back to his castle, but promises to be back soon. When th... | [
"Scena Sexta.",
"Enter Kent, and Gloucester.",
"Glou. Heere is better then the open ayre, take it thankfully:\nI will peece out the comfort with what addition I\ncan: I will not be long from you.",
"Exit",
"Kent. All the powre of his wits, haue giuen way to his\nimpatience: the Gods reward your kindnesse.\n... |
4,607 | 2266_act_3,_scene_7 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Cornwall gives a copy of the incriminating French letter to Goneril and instructs her to take it to her husband, the Duke of Albany. He sends men to find the traitor Duke of Gloucester and sends Edmund with Goneril so he will not have to witness his father's demise. Word comes in that the king is being taken to Dover t... | [
"Scena Septima.",
"Enter Cornwall, Regan, Gonerill, Bastard, and Seruants.",
"Corn. Poste speedily to my Lord your husband, shew\nhim this Letter, the Army of France is landed: seeke out\nthe Traitor Glouster",
"Reg. Hang him instantly",
"Gon. Plucke out his eyes",
"Corn. Leaue him to my displeasure. Edmo... |
4,608 | 2266_act_4,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Gloucester is brought out of the castle by an old man who is a tenant of his. While on the road they run into Edgar disguised still as the beggar. Edgar hears his father's laments about how he wronged his rightful son. Gloucester tells the old man to let him go with Edgar to Dover, and Edgar agrees happily to take him.... | [
"Actus Quartus. Scena Prima.",
"Enter Edgar.",
"Edg. Yet better thus, and knowne to be contemn'd,\nThen still contemn'd and flatter'd, to be worst:\nThe lowest, and most deiected thing of Fortune,\nStands still in esperance, liues not in feare:\nThe lamentable change is from the best,\nThe worst returnes to lau... |
4,609 | 2266_act_4,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | When Goneril and Edmund return to Goneril's castle, they are met by Oswald and informed of the Duke of Albany's position on the French landing, and the happenings at Gloucester. Goneril, realizing that her husband feels opposite than she, sends Edmund back to her brother in law. When Albany sees his wife he berates her... | [
"Scena Secunda.",
"Enter Gonerill, Bastard, and Steward.",
"Gon. Welcome my Lord. I meruell our mild husband\nNot met vs on the way. Now, where's your Master?\n Stew. Madam within, but neuer man so chang'd:\nI told him of the Army that was Landed:\nHe smil'd at it. I told him you were comming,\nHis answer was,... |
4,610 | 2266_act_4,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Kent and the Gentleman meet in Dover to exchange news. The Gentleman tells Kent that the King of France is not present, but leaves his army to the Marshal and his wife. He also tells him of Cordelia's reaction to her sister's treatment of her father. She is devastated for him, and angry at the things they inflicted upo... | [
"Scena Tertia.",
"Enter with Drum and Colours, Cordelia, Gentlemen, and\nSouldiours.",
"Cor. Alacke, 'tis he: why he was met euen now\nAs mad as the vext Sea, singing alowd.\nCrown'd with ranke Fenitar, and furrow weeds,\nWith Hardokes, Hemlocke, Nettles, Cuckoo flowres,\nDarnell, and all the idle weedes that g... |
4,611 | 2266_act_4,_scene_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Cordelia speaks with the doctor in her camp and sends out men to find her father. A messenger brings her news of the British forces advancing upon them, and she says that they are prepared for them | [
"Scena Quarta.",
"Enter Regan, and Steward.",
"Reg. But are my Brothers Powres set forth?\n Stew. I Madam",
"Reg. Himselfe in person there?\n Stew. Madam with much ado:\nYour Sister is the better Souldier",
"Reg. Lord Edmund spake not with your Lord at home?\n Stew. No Madam",
"Reg. What might import m... |
4,612 | 2266_act_4,_scene_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Oswald carries a message back to Regan from Goneril and Regan finds out that she has also sent a message to Edmund. Regan, now that her husband is dead, decides that she should marry Edmund. Thinking that her sister also has affection for him and not for her husband, she wants to win him before Goneril can get him. She... | [
"Scena Quinta.",
"Enter Gloucester, and Edgar.",
"Glou. When shall I come to th' top of that same hill?\n Edg. You do climbe vp it now. Look how we labor",
"Glou. Me thinkes the ground is eeuen",
"Edg. Horrible steepe.\nHearke, do you heare the Sea?\n Glou. No truly",
"Edg. Why then your other Senses gr... |
4,613 | 2266_act_4,_scene_7 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Back in the French camp, Cordelia recognizes Kent, but he asks her to keep his identity a secret still. She agrees, and tells the doctor it is ok if he wakes her father who has been sleeping in their care. He awakens, and at first thinks he is dead. He then recognizes Cordelia, but thinks that she will do him harm beca... | [
"Scaena Septima.",
"Enter Cordelia, Kent, and Gentleman.",
"Cor. O thou good Kent,\nHow shall I liue and worke\nTo match thy goodnesse?\nMy life will be too short,\nAnd euery measure faile me",
"Kent. To be acknowledg'd Madam is ore-pai'd,\nAll my reports go with the modest truth,\nNor more, nor clipt, but so... |
4,614 | 2266_act_5,_scene_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Edmund and Regan are speaking, and Regan asks Edmund if he loves Goneril. He answers that he does, and Regan is disappointed. The Duke of Albany and Edmund decide to join forces against the invading French army when Edgar comes to them dressed in his disguise and gives a paper to Albany. Edmund enters and gives another... | [
"Actus Quintus. Scena Prima.",
"Enter with Drumme and Colours, Edmund, Regan. Gentlemen, and\nSouldiers.",
"Bast. Know of the Duke if his last purpose hold,\nOr whether since he is aduis'd by ought\nTo change the course, he's full of alteration,\nAnd selfereprouing, bring his constant pleasure",
"Reg. Our Sis... |
4,615 | 2266_act_5,_scene_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Edgar drags his father along and tells him that the French army has been defeated, and Cordelia and Lear wear captured | [
"Scena Secunda.",
"Alarum within. Enter with Drumme and Colours, Lear, Cordelia,\nand\nSouldiers, ouer the Stage, and Exeunt. Enter Edgar, and Gloster.",
"Edg. Heere Father, take the shadow of this Tree\nFor your good hoast: pray that the right may thriue:\nIf euer I returne to you againe,\nIle bring you comfor... |
4,616 | 2266_act_5,_scene_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Cordelia and Lear are sent to prison but plan happy ways to spend their time there. Edmund tells his captain as he's taking them that they are to be assassinated. Albany enters to discuss the conditions of the prisoners, and Edmund tells him they will discuss it later. The women then get in a fight over Edmund, and Alb... | [
"Scena Tertia.",
"Enter in conquest with Drum and Colours, Edmund, Lear, and\nCordelia, as\nprisoners, Souldiers, Captaine.",
"Bast. Some Officers take them away: good guard,\nVntill their greater pleasures first be knowne\nThat are to censure them",
"Cor. We are not the first,\nWho with best meaning haue inc... |
4,617 | 2662_chapter_i | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The book begins on a cold and starry Christmas Eve in Mellstock. Dick Dewy, an ordinary looking young man, is singing on his way home through the woods. Five other villagers, also traveling towards the Dewy house, join Dick, including Michael Mail , Robert Penny , Elias Spinks , Joseph Bowman , and Thomas Leaf . Dick t... | [
"To dwellers in a wood almost every species of tree has its voice as well\nas its feature. At the passing of the breeze the fir-trees sob and moan\nno less distinctly than they rock; the holly whistles as it battles with\nitself; the ash hisses amid its quiverings; the beech rustles while its\nflat boughs rise and... |
4,618 | 2662_chapter_ii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The Dewy's house, a low-roofed cottage, has three chimneys and a thatched roof. The walls of the house are covered with creeping plants, and the door appears to be worn out from the coming and going of many people. A little away from the cottage is a building from which comes the sound of woodcutting. The sound of hors... | [
"It was a long low cottage with a hipped roof of thatch, having dormer\nwindows breaking up into the eaves, a chimney standing in the middle of\nthe ridge and another at each end. The window-shutters were not yet\nclosed, and the fire- and candle-light within radiated forth upon the\nthick bushes of box and laurest... |
4,619 | 2662_chapter_iii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Even though Grandfather William is seventy, he is still very active although sometimes weak-minded. His bright face would remind a gardener of the "sunny side of a ripe ribstone - pippin." William, a religious man, is also very good-hearted. When he joins the party, he wishes everyone a merry Christmas and throws an ar... | [
"William Dewy--otherwise grandfather William--was now about seventy; yet\nan ardent vitality still preserved a warm and roughened bloom upon his\nface, which reminded gardeners of the sunny side of a ripe\nribstone-pippin; though a narrow strip of forehead, that was protected\nfrom the weather by lying above the li... |
4,620 | 2662_part_1_chapter_1_-_6 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | 'Mellstock-lane', Chapter Two 'The Tranter's and Chapter Three 'The Assembled Choir' The novel begins with the following sentence: 'To dwellers in a wood, almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature'. This reference to individuality is continued as the narrative focuses on a man passing a plantati... | [
"To dwellers in a wood almost every species of tree has its voice as well\nas its feature. At the passing of the breeze the fir-trees sob and moan\nno less distinctly than they rock; the holly whistles as it battles with\nitself; the ash hisses amid its quiverings; the beech rustles while its\nflat boughs rise and... |
4,621 | 2662_part_2_chapter_1_-_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | 'Passing By the School', Chapter Two 'A Meeting of the Choir' and Chapter Three 'A Turn in the Discussion' As spring advances, Dick often walks near the school on his way to or from home. The nineteenth time of doing this he sees her at her window and receives a friendly greeting. At other times, he is rewarded with 'a... | [
"It followed that, as the spring advanced, Dick walked abroad much more\nfrequently than had hitherto been usual with him, and was continually\nfinding that his nearest way to or from home lay by the road which\nskirted the garden of the school. The first-fruits of his perseverance\nwere that, on turning the angle ... |
4,622 | 2662_part_2_chapter_6_-_8 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | 'Yalbury Wood and the Keeper's House', Chapter Seven 'Dick Makes Himself Useful' and Chapter Eight 'Dick Meets His Father' The chapter begins with Dick going to pick up Fancy from her father's home in Yalbury Wood in order to take her and some household goods to Mellstock. Reuben has not told his son about what he thin... | [
"A mood of blitheness rarely experienced even by young men was Dick's on\nthe following Monday morning. It was the week after the Easter holidays,\nand he was journeying along with Smart the mare and the light\nspring-cart, watching the damp slopes of the hill-sides as they streamed\nin the warmth of the sun, whic... |
4,623 | 2662_part_3_chapter_1_-_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | 'Driving Out of Budmouth', Chapter Two 'Farther Along the Road', Chapter Three 'A Confession' and Chapter Four 'An Arrangement' Dick sees Fancy as he drives along the main street in Budmouth. He tells her he will give her a lift to Mellstock and when she does not answer he climbs down and helps her up. They are both em... | [
"An easy bend of neck and graceful set of head; full and wavy bundles of\ndark-brown hair; light fall of little feet; pretty devices on the skirt\nof the dress; clear deep eyes; in short, a bunch of sweets: it was Fancy!\nDick's heart went round to her with a rush.",
"The scene was the corner of Mary Street in Bu... |
4,624 | 2662_part_4_chapter_1_-_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | 'Going Nutting' and Chapter Two 'Honey-Taking, and Afterwards' Dick visits Fancy on the Friday before their arranged visit to her father and as both are free he suggests they go collecting nuts. She agrees, but asks him to wait while she alters one of her dresses. He waits for her for hours and remembers she had said s... | [
"Dick, dressed in his 'second-best' suit, burst into Fancy's sitting-room\nwith a glow of pleasure on his face.",
"It was two o'clock on Friday, the day before her contemplated visit to\nher father, and for some reason connected with cleaning the school the\nchildren had been given this Friday afternoon for pasti... |
4,625 | 2662_part_4_chapter_3_-_7 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | 'Fancy in the Rain', Chapter Four 'The Spell' and Chapter Five 'After Gaining Her Point' The next scene is set the following month on a 'tempestuous afternoon'. Fancy is walking from her father's home towards Mellstock. She looks for shelter and goes to the nearest house, which is Elizabeth Endorfield's. Here she think... | [
"The next scene is a tempestuous afternoon in the following month, and\nFancy Day is discovered walking from her father's home towards Mellstock.",
"A single vast gray cloud covered the country, from which the small rain\nand mist had just begun to blow down in wavy sheets, alternately thick\nand thin. The trees... |
4,626 | 2662_part_5_chapter_1_-_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | 'The Knot There's No Untying' and Chapter Two 'Under the Greenwood Tree' On the last day of the story there is a gathering at Geoffrey's home and the people include the Dewys, Mr Penny and some country ladies and gentlemen. All the duplicate pieces of furniture have been moved out and Fancy is upstairs being dressed. T... | [
"The last day of the story is dated just subsequent to that point in the\ndevelopment of the seasons when country people go to bed among nearly\nnaked trees, are lulled to sleep by a fall of rain, and awake next\nmorning among green ones; when the landscape appears embarrassed with the\nsudden weight and brilliancy... |
4,627 | 351_chapters_1-4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The novel opens with the scene of a dying woman attended by a doctor and the nurses. She has just delivered a stillborn child, and her condition is critical. At her request, the nurse brings her first- born child, Philip, to her bedside. Mrs. Carey caresses him, tenderly touches his feet, and bursts into tears. The doc... | [
"<CHAPTER>",
"I",
"The day broke gray and dull. The clouds hung heavily, and there was a\nrawness in the air that suggested snow. A woman servant came into a room\nin which a child was sleeping and drew the curtains. She glanced\nmechanically at the house opposite, a stucco house with a portico, and\nwent to th... |
4,628 | 351_chapters_5-9 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | These chapters tell about life in Blackstable. Philip gets used to the routine at the Vicarage. Every morning he observes his uncle reading the newspaper and then accompanies his aunt on her errands. Philip is taught Latin and mathematics by his uncle, and his aunt teaches him French and music. They seldom have company... | [
"<CHAPTER>",
"V",
"Philip came gradually to know the people he was to live with, and by\nfragments of conversation, some of it not meant for his ears, learned a\ngood deal both about himself and about his dead parents. Philip's father\nhad been much younger than the Vicar of Blackstable. After a brilliant\ncare... |
4,629 | 351_chapters_10-14 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | These chapters relate the experience of Philip at the preparatory King's School, which helps to prepare a boy for the ministry. As he accompanies his uncle to the school at Tercanbury, he is full of apprehension and feels self-conscious about his clubfoot. His uncle leaves him in the care of Mr. Watson. True to his fea... | [
"<CHAPTER>",
"X",
"The Careys made up their minds to send Philip to King's School at\nTercanbury. The neighbouring clergy sent their sons there. It was united\nby long tradition to the Cathedral: its headmaster was an honorary Canon,\nand a past headmaster was the Archdeacon. Boys were encouraged there to\naspi... |
4,630 | 351_chapters_15-21 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Philip graduates from preparatory school and at the age of thirteen enters King's School, a well established institution known for its excellence in learning. It is conforming and traditional in every way, with a curriculum based on the classics. When Mr. Perkins replaces the old headmaster, he is looked down upon. Tho... | [
"<CHAPTER>",
"XV",
"The King's School at Tercanbury, to which Philip went when he was\nthirteen, prided itself on its antiquity. It traced its origin to an abbey\nschool, founded before the Conquest, where the rudiments of learning were\ntaught by Augustine monks; and, like many another establishment of this\ns... |
4,627 | 351_chapters_1-4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | It is a grey day in London, 1885, and Philip Carey, a small boy, is taken by his nurse to his mother's bed. She has just given birth to a still-born child and is dying. He is half asleep and snuggles close to his mother. The doctor tries to remove the child, but she knows it is the last time she will see him and clings... | [
"<CHAPTER>",
"I",
"The day broke gray and dull. The clouds hung heavily, and there was a\nrawness in the air that suggested snow. A woman servant came into a room\nin which a child was sleeping and drew the curtains. She glanced\nmechanically at the house opposite, a stucco house with a portico, and\nwent to th... |
4,628 | 351_chapters_5-9 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At the vicarage Philip learns more about his parents. His father was a brilliant surgeon on the staff of St. Luke's Hospital in London. He earned a lot of money but spent it freely, for instance, on his marriage to one of his patients, a penniless but well-connected young woman. . The parson, seeing the lavish entertai... | [
"<CHAPTER>",
"V",
"Philip came gradually to know the people he was to live with, and by\nfragments of conversation, some of it not meant for his ears, learned a\ngood deal both about himself and about his dead parents. Philip's father\nhad been much younger than the Vicar of Blackstable. After a brilliant\ncare... |
4,629 | 351_chapters_10-14 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The Careys decide the boy must go to the prep school attached to King's School, Tercanbury, where the clergy send their sons to prepare for Holy Orders. Philip is a little frightened for he has read stories about going to school. Even driving up to the building is a bad omen, for it looks like a prison. They are greete... | [
"<CHAPTER>",
"X",
"The Careys made up their minds to send Philip to King's School at\nTercanbury. The neighbouring clergy sent their sons there. It was united\nby long tradition to the Cathedral: its headmaster was an honorary Canon,\nand a past headmaster was the Archdeacon. Boys were encouraged there to\naspi... |
4,630 | 351_chapters_15-21 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At thirteen Philip goes to the King's School itself, an ancient abbey school taught by monks, reorganized in the time of King Henry VIII. It has produced many notable people and clergymen, but there are complaints that the class quality is slipping, for more merchants, fewer gentlemen are attending. The teachers have n... | [
"<CHAPTER>",
"XV",
"The King's School at Tercanbury, to which Philip went when he was\nthirteen, prided itself on its antiquity. It traced its origin to an abbey\nschool, founded before the Conquest, where the rudiments of learning were\ntaught by Augustine monks; and, like many another establishment of this\ns... |
4,631 | 351_chapters_22-31 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | These chapters concern Philip's stay in Heidelberg, Germany, where he studies German, Latin, French, mathematics, philosophy and literature. . Miss Wilkinson, an old friend of Mr. Carey's, lives in Berlin and recommends Professor Erlin, a high school teacher, to teach Philip in Heidelberg. His wife runs the boarding ho... | [
"<CHAPTER>",
"XXII",
"Philip's uncle had an old friend, called Miss Wilkinson, who lived in\nBerlin. She was the daughter of a clergyman, and it was with her father,\nthe rector of a village in Lincolnshire, that Mr. Carey had spent his last\ncuracy; on his death, forced to earn her living, she had taken variou... |
4,632 | 351_chapters_32-35 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | These chapters tell the summer visit to his aunt and uncle Carey in Blackstable where Philip has his first affair. . At the vicarage, Philip meets Emily Wilkinson, the governess friend of the Careys who had recommended his teacher in Germany. She is also staying the summer on vacation. She is somewhat attractive, estim... | [
"<CHAPTER>",
"XXXII",
"Philip was surprised when he saw his uncle and aunt. He had never noticed\nbefore that they were quite old people. The Vicar received him with his\nusual, not unamiable indifference. He was a little stouter, a little\nbalder, a little grayer. Philip saw how insignificant he was. His face ... |
4,633 | 351_chapters_36-39 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Philip settles into his new rooms in Barnes, London, but he is depressed by the dingy place and that part of town. He goes to the offices of Herbert Carter in Chancery Lane. The managing clerk, Mr. Goodworthy, who is both patronizing and timid, tells Philip the work is lucrative but drudgery and puts him to work alphab... | [
"<CHAPTER>",
"XXXVI",
"A few days later Philip went to London. The curate had recommended rooms\nin Barnes, and these Philip engaged by letter at fourteen shillings a\nweek. He reached them in the evening; and the landlady, a funny little old\nwoman with a shrivelled body and a deeply wrinkled face, had prepare... |
4,634 | 351_chapters_40-51 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Mrs. Carey sees Philip off to France, but he can hardly pay attention to her because he is excited about the future. He stops thinking of her the minute the train pulls out. Hayward had given him an introduction to Mrs. Otter, the studio manager at Amitrano's Art School, the best in Paris. He has a tiny room in the Lat... | [
"<CHAPTER>",
"XL",
"A few days later Mrs. Carey went to the station to see Philip off. She\nstood at the door of the carriage, trying to keep back her tears. Philip\nwas restless and eager. He wanted to be gone.",
"\"Kiss me once more,\" she said.",
"He leaned out of the window and kissed her. The train sta... |
4,635 | 351_chapters_52-55 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Philip is unexpectedly shaken by his aunt's death, for she has been the closest relative since his mother died. He feels his own mortality. Thinking his uncle will be incapacitated with grief he is surprised to find him at the vicarage carrying on as usual, counting the number of wreaths his wife receives, trying to se... | [
"<CHAPTER>",
"LII",
"Next day Philip arrived at Blackstable. Since the death of his mother he\nhad never lost anyone closely connected with him; his aunt's death shocked\nhim and filled him also with a curious fear; he felt for the first time\nhis own mortality. He could not realise what life would be for his u... |
4,636 | 351_chapters_87-89 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Philip goes to the house of Athelny, the ex-patient, in a slum area that was once grand. Athelny is 5'5" and speaks eloquently on everything from Spanish literature to the seventeenth century ceiling of the slum house, built by the famous Inigo Jones. Philip meets the nine children of Athelny by his common law wife, Be... | [
"<CHAPTER>",
"LXXXVII",
"Ten days later Thorpe Athelny was well enough to leave the hospital. He\ngave Philip his address, and Philip promised to dine with him at one\no'clock on the following Sunday. Athelny had told him that he lived in a\nhouse built by Inigo Jones; he had raved, as he raved over everything,... |
4,637 | 351_chapters_90-97 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | of Chapters XC-XCVII . Once, when leaving the Athelny house, Philip runs into Mildred on the street, and he is horrified when he sees that she is a prostitute soliciting business. He speaks to her and is shaken. She brushes him off, but he tries to offer her money, out of pity. She takes him to her dingy room, and he n... | [
"<CHAPTER>",
"XC",
"When he left the Athelnys' Philip walked down Chancery Lane and along the\nStrand to get a 'bus at the top of Parliament Street. One Sunday, when he\nhad known them about six weeks, he did this as usual, but he found the\nKennington 'bus full. It was June, but it had rained during the day an... |
4,638 | 351_chapters_98-102 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | of Chapters XCVIII-CII . Philip has won a moral victory over his life, but he still has much testing ahead of him. He has not yet tasted the bitterness of poverty. He, like the rest of the country, is affected by events out of his control. The Boer War in South Africa drags on, costing Britain troops and money; meanwhi... | [
"<CHAPTER>",
"XCVIII",
"And now it happened that the fortunes of Philip Carey, of no consequence\nto any but himself, were affected by the events through which his country\nwas passing. History was being made, and the process was so significant\nthat it seemed absurd it should touch the life of an obscure medic... |
4,639 | 351_chapters_103-109 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | of Chapters CIII-CIX . Philip is given a company room in a dumpy boardinghouse with the other workers. It is a degrading life, and he is never alone for a moment. The work is tiring, and the food is bad. He drags himself to the social evenings with the other workers so he will not seem a snob. It is quite a Dickensian ... | [
"<CHAPTER>",
"CIII",
"Mrs. Athelny lent Philip money to pay his landlady enough of her bill to\nlet him take his things away. For five shillings and the pawn-ticket on a\nsuit he was able to get from a pawnbroker a frock coat which fitted him\nfairly well. He redeemed the rest of his clothes. He sent his box to... |
4,640 | 351_chapters_110-111 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | of Chapters CX and CXI . Philip spends the Christmas holidays with his uncle, who is dying. Philip has to keep pretending that his uncle looks good, but Mr. Carey is completely helpless and cared for by his housekeeper, Mrs. Foster. Philip thinks it strange that his uncle has been preaching eternal life for decades and... | [
"<CHAPTER>",
"CX",
"Christmas that year falling on Thursday, the shop was to close for four\ndays: Philip wrote to his uncle asking whether it would be convenient for\nhim to spend the holidays at the vicarage. He received an answer from Mrs.\nFoster, saying that Mr. Carey was not well enough to write himself, ... |
4,641 | 351_chapters_112-122 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | of Chapters CXII-CXXII Philip's legacy is enough to continue his education. He feels that "now he could begin a new life, and he would put behind him all the errors, follies, and miseries of the past" . He reenters St. Luke's and begins the midwifery duties, averaging three births a day. He inspires the poor people ... | [
"<CHAPTER>",
"CXII",
"Josiah Graves in his masterful way made arrangements, becoming but\neconomical, for the funeral; and when it was over came back to the\nvicarage with Philip. The will was in his charge, and with a due sense of\nthe fitness of things he read it to Philip over an early cup of tea. It\nwas wr... |
4,642 | 2833_chapters_1-2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | An old man, a collie dog, and two younger men are sitting in the garden of an old English mansion to tea. The narrator attests that the house, and the whole scene, appears to be characteristically English. The manor is called "Gardencourt." The old man, Mr. Touchett, is an American banker who has owned the house for tw... | [
"Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable\nthan the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea. There\nare circumstances in which, whether you partake of the tea or not--some\npeople of course never do,--the situation is in itself delightful. Those\nthat I have in mind in be... |
4,643 | 2833_chapters_3-4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Mrs. Touchett is described as having a no-nonsense personality: "the edges of her conduct were so very clear-cut... that it sometimes had a knife-like effect." She realized early on that her husband and herself would never desire the same thing at any moment, and thus she has purchased her own house in Florence, separa... | [
"Mrs. Touchett was certainly a person of many oddities, of which her\nbehaviour on returning to her husband's house after many months was a\nnoticeable specimen. She had her own way of doing all that she did, and\nthis is the simplest description of a character which, although by no\nmeans without liberal motions, ... |
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