Oswald anoonekwa, achiri kutsvaga Edmund. Pamirairo yaRegan, anoedza kuuraya Gloucester asi anourayiwa naEdgar. Muhomwe yaOswald, Edgar anowana tsamba yaGoneril, umo anokurudzira Edmund kuuraya murume wake uye kumutora semukadzi wake. Kent naCordelia vanotora Lear, uyo kupenga kwake kunopfuura nekukurumidza. Regan, Goneril, Albany, naEdmund vanosangana nemauto avo. Albany anosimbirira kuti varwe nevanopinda muFrance asi vasikuvadza Lear kana Cordelia. Hanzvadzi mbiri idzi dzinochiva Edmund, uyo akavimbisa vese. Anofunga nezvedambudziko uye anoronga kufa kwaAlbany, Lear, naEdgar naCordelia. Goneril anopa tsamba yeFrance kuAlbany kuti vasangane. Mauto eFrance ari muhondo, anokunda maBritish, uye Cordelia naAlbany vakundwa.
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