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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... thee lady : to thine and Albany's issue Be this perpetual . What says our second daughter , Our dearest Regan , wife to Cornwall ? Speak . REGAN Sir , I am made Of the self - same metal that my sister is , And prize me at her worth . In ...
... thee lady : to thine and Albany's issue Be this perpetual . What says our second daughter , Our dearest Regan , wife to Cornwall ? Speak . REGAN Sir , I am made Of the self - same metal that my sister is , And prize me at her worth . In ...
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... thee , from this , for ever . The barbarous Scythian , Or he that makes his generation messes To gorge his appetite , shall to my bosom Be as well neighbour'd , pitied , and relieved , As thou my sometime daughter . KENT Good my liege ...
... thee , from this , for ever . The barbarous Scythian , Or he that makes his generation messes To gorge his appetite , shall to my bosom Be as well neighbour'd , pitied , and relieved , As thou my sometime daughter . KENT Good my liege ...
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... thee least; Nor are those empty-hearted whose low sound Reverbs no hollowness. 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 ...
... thee least; Nor are those empty-hearted whose low sound Reverbs no hollowness. 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 ...
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... thee thou dost evil. KING LEAR Hear me, recreant! On thine allegiance, hear me! Since thou hast sought to make us ... thee, for provision To shield thee from diseases of the world; And on the sixth to turn thy hated back Upon our kingdom ...
... thee thou dost evil. KING LEAR Hear me, recreant! On thine allegiance, hear me! Since thou hast sought to make us ... thee, for provision To shield thee from diseases of the world; And on the sixth to turn thy hated back Upon our kingdom ...
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... thee well, king: sith thus thou wilt appear, Freedom lives hence, and banishment is here. To CORDELIA The gods to their dear shelter take thee, maid, That justly think'st, and hast most rightly said! To REGAN and GONERIL And your large ...
... thee well, king: sith thus thou wilt appear, Freedom lives hence, and banishment is here. To CORDELIA The gods to their dear shelter take thee, maid, That justly think'st, and hast most rightly said! To REGAN and GONERIL And your large ...
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