The scene begins with Edgar on the heath, and he says, "Yet better thus, and known to be contemned, / Than still contemned and flattered" (lines 1-2), meaning that it is better to know that he is despised than to be flattered by dishonest people who condemn him behind his back. Gloucester enters, led by a poor old man, and Edgar is horrified by his father's blindness. Edgar, still in his guise as the madman Poor Tom, agrees to lead Gloucester to the cliffs of Dover.
Edgar's lines at the beginning of the scene reflect.....
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