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Scene 22 &23
 MISJUDGING

• The tragic errors that King Lear and Gloucester make in misjudging their
children constitute a form of figurative blindness—a lack of insight into the true
characters of those around them.

• Alone on stage, Edmund explains that he has sworn his love to both Goneril and
Regan and muses about which it would be more convenient for him to marry by
acting in disguise.
 MISJUDGING

On 2 August 2005, an Air France Airbus A340 attempted a

daylight landing at destination on a rain-soaked runway during an
active thunderstorm and overran for 300 metres ending up in a
ravine from where, despite its destruction by fire, all occupants
escaped. The Investigation recommendations focussed mainly on
crew decision making in adverse weather conditions and issues
related to the consequences of such an overrun on survivability.
Air France Airbus A340-300, flight number 358, one day
after the crash
 A340-300 accident
at CYYZ, 2005. The
picture of the
accident site in
relation to the
runway is taken
from the official TSB
report of the
investigation which
followed.
 TAKING PRISONERS

• Edgar leads Gloucester to the shade of a tree, so that he can rest there during
the battle. Then Edgar leaves his father, assuring that if he ever returns again, he
will bring him comfort. He exits. After the sound of an alarm signaling a retreat,
Edgar appears onstage again. He reports that the French forces have lost and
Lear and Cordelia have been taken prisoner.
The extensive period of conflict during the American
Revolutionary War and Napoleonic Wars (1793–1815),
followed by the Anglo-American War of 1812, led to the
emergence of a cartel system for the exchange of prisoners,
even while the belligerents were at war. A cartel was usually
arranged by the respective armed service for the exchange of
like-ranked personnel. The aim was to achieve a reduction in
the number of prisoners held, while at the same time
alleviating shortages of skilled personnel in the home
country.
Union prisoners of war on the way to Camp Ford prison in
October 1864.