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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... sister is , And prize me at her worth . In my true heart I find she names my very deed of love ; Only she comes too ... sisters ? Speak . CORDELIA Nothing , my lord . KING LEAR Nothing! CORDELIA Nothing. KING LEAR Nothing will come.
... sister is , And prize me at her worth . In my true heart I find she names my very deed of love ; Only she comes too ... sisters ? Speak . CORDELIA Nothing , my lord . KING LEAR Nothing! CORDELIA Nothing. KING LEAR Nothing will come.
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... sisters husbands, if they say They love you all? Haply, when I shall wed, That lord whose hand must take my plight shall carry Half my love with him, half my care and duty: Sure, I shall never marry like my sisters, To love my father ...
... sisters husbands, if they say They love you all? Haply, when I shall wed, That lord whose hand must take my plight shall carry Half my love with him, half my care and duty: Sure, I shall never marry like my sisters, To love my father ...
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... 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 eyes.
... 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 eyes.
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William Shakespeare. KING OF FRANCE Bid farewell to your sisters. CORDELIA eyes The jewels of our father, with wash'd Cordelia leaves you: I know you what And like a sister am most loath to call you are; Your faults as they are named ...
William Shakespeare. KING OF FRANCE Bid farewell to your sisters. CORDELIA eyes The jewels of our father, with wash'd Cordelia leaves you: I know you what And like a sister am most loath to call you are; Your faults as they are named ...
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... sister most; and with what poor judgment he hath now cast her off appears too grossly. REGAN 'Tis the infirmity of his age: yet he hath ever but slenderly known himself. GONERIL The best and soundest of his time hath been but rash; then ...
... sister most; and with what poor judgment he hath now cast her off appears too grossly. REGAN 'Tis the infirmity of his age: yet he hath ever but slenderly known himself. GONERIL The best and soundest of his time hath been but rash; then ...
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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