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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... half my care and duty: Sure, I shall never marry like my sisters, To love my father all. KING LEAR But goes thy heart with this? CORDELIA Ay, good my lord. KING LEAR So young, and so untender? CORDELIA So young , my lord , and true .
... half my care and duty: Sure, I shall never marry like my sisters, To love my father all. KING LEAR But goes thy heart with this? CORDELIA Ay, good my lord. KING LEAR So young, and so untender? CORDELIA So young , my lord , and true .
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... KING LEAR Kent, on thy life, no more. My KENT life I never held but as a pawn To wage against thy enemies; nor fear to lose it, Thy safety being the motive. . KING LEAR Out of my sight! KENT See better, Lear; and let.
... KING LEAR Kent, on thy life, no more. My KENT life I never held but as a pawn To wage against thy enemies; nor fear to lose it, Thy safety being the motive. . KING LEAR Out of my sight! KENT See better, Lear; and let.
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... never yet, and with strain'd pride To come between our sentence and our power, Which nor our nature nor our place can bear, Our potency made good, take thy reward. Five days we do allot thee, for provision To shield thee from diseases ...
... never yet, and with strain'd pride To come between our sentence and our power, Which nor our nature nor our place can bear, Our potency made good, take thy reward. Five days we do allot thee, for provision To shield thee from diseases ...
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... never plant in me. CORDELIA I yet beseech your majesty,— If for I want that glib and oily art, To speak and purpose not; since what I well intend, I'll do't before I speak,—that you make known It is no vicious blot, murder, or foulness ...
... never plant in me. CORDELIA I yet beseech your majesty,— If for I want that glib and oily art, To speak and purpose not; since what I well intend, I'll do't before I speak,—that you make known It is no vicious blot, murder, or foulness ...
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... ; but, in respect of that, I would fain think it were not. GLOUCESTER It is his. EDMUND It is his hand, my lord; but I hope his heart is not in the contents. GLOUCESTER Hath he never heretofore sounded you in this business?
... ; but, in respect of that, I would fain think it were not. GLOUCESTER It is his. EDMUND It is his hand, my lord; but I hope his heart is not in the contents. GLOUCESTER Hath he never heretofore sounded you in this business?
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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