King LearOpen Road Media, 2020 M05 5 - 124 pages The story of a king who craves flattery—and the daughter who refuses him even at the cost of her own inheritance. King Lear wants nothing more than to be praised, and when he decides to divide his realm according to how much each of his daughters can impress him with their declarations of love, Goneril and Regan are quick to oblige. Only the youngest, Cordelia, cannot give him what he wants—and she is promptly cut out of his will. Lear’s decision will roil not only his family but his kingdom, for the political implications of the inheritance set off a tragic series of events as Lear’s madness grows. One of the theater’s greatest works, re-popularized most recently by the 2018 film adaptation starring Anthony Hopkins, King Lear is a cornerstone of Western literature and a timeless story. |
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... grace , health , beauty , honour ; As much as child e'er loved , or father found ; A love that makes breath poor , and speech unable ; Beyond all manner of so much I love you . CORDELIA [ Aside ] What shall Cordelia do ? Love , and be ...
... grace , health , beauty , honour ; As much as child e'er loved , or father found ; A love that makes breath poor , and speech unable ; Beyond all manner of so much I love you . CORDELIA [ Aside ] What shall Cordelia do ? Love , and be ...
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... grace , She's there , and she is yours . BURGUNDY I know no answer . KING LEAR Will you , with those infirmities she owes , Unfriended , new - adopted to our hate , Dower'd with our curse , and stranger'd with our oath , Take her , or ...
... grace , She's there , and she is yours . BURGUNDY I know no answer . KING LEAR Will you , with those infirmities she owes , Unfriended , new - adopted to our hate , Dower'd with our curse , and stranger'd with our oath , Take her , or ...
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... grace and favour; But even for want of that for which I am richer, A still-soliciting eye, and such a tongue As I am glad I have not, though not to have it Hath lost me in your liking. KING LEAR Better thou Hadst not been born than not ...
... grace and favour; But even for want of that for which I am richer, A still-soliciting eye, and such a tongue As I am glad I have not, though not to have it Hath lost me in your liking. KING LEAR Better thou Hadst not been born than not ...
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... face of hers again . Therefore be gone Without our grace , our love , our benison . Come , noble Burgundy . Flourish . Exeunt all bul KING OF FRANCE , GONERIL , REGAN , and CORDELIA KING OF FRANCE Bid farewell to your sisters. CORDELIA ...
... face of hers again . Therefore be gone Without our grace , our love , our benison . Come , noble Burgundy . Flourish . Exeunt all bul KING OF FRANCE , GONERIL , REGAN , and CORDELIA KING OF FRANCE Bid farewell to your sisters. CORDELIA ...
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... grace, I would prefer him to a better place. So, farewell to you both. REGAN Prescribe not us our duties. GONERIL Let your study Be to content your lord, who hath received you At fortune's alms. You have obedience scanted, And well are ...
... grace, I would prefer him to a better place. So, farewell to you both. REGAN Prescribe not us our duties. GONERIL Let your study Be to content your lord, who hath received you At fortune's alms. You have obedience scanted, And well are ...
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ALBANY arms art thou blood brother Burgundy canst comes CORDELIA CORNWALL coxcomb CURAN dear death Dost thou doth Dover duke Duke of Albany Duke of Cornwall Earl of Gloucester EDGAR EDGAR Enter EDGAR Enter GLOUCESTER Enter KENT Enter KING LEAR Enter OSWALD Exeunt SCENE Exit EDGAR Exit EDMUND Exit SCENE eyes farewell father fear Flibbertigibbet follow Fool fortune foul fiend gainst Gentleman Give Gloucester’s castle gods GONERIL grace hand hath hear heart heavens hither honour horse KING LEAR Let KING OF FRANCE knave lady letter look lord man’s master Messenger Methinks nature never night noble nuncle pity poison'd poor poor Tom pray Prithee Re-enter REGAN seek Servant shame sirrah sister slave speak stand storm sweet lord sword tell thee thine thing thou art thou dost thou hast thou shalt traitor trumpet villain Where’s WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE wind