Outside the hovel, Lear refuses shelter and prays for the "poor naked wretches" he neglected as king. Edgar, disguised as Poor Tom, emerges from the hovel, and Lear, fascinated by the beggar, tries to tear off his own clothes. Gloucester arrives with a torch and, not recognizing his son, leads them all to shelter.
Outside the hovel, Lear refuses shelter and prays for the "poor naked wretches" he neglected as king. Edgar, disguised as Poor Tom, emerges from the hovel, and Lear, fascinated by the beggar, tries to tear off his own clothes. Gloucester arrives with a torch and, not recognizing his son, leads them all to shelter.