King LearThe Floating Press, 2009 M01 1 - 226 pages King Lear is considered one of Shakespeare's greatest plays. King Lear decides to step down and divide his kingdom between his three daughters. When his youngest and favorite daughter refuses to compete and perform her love for him, he is enraged and disowns her. She remains loyal to him, however, though he slides into madness and his other children betray him. |
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... father found; A love that makes breath poor and speech unable; Beyond all manner of so much I love you. Cor. (Aside. ) What shall Cordelia speak? Love, and be silent. Lear. Of all these bounds, even from this line to this, With shadowy ...
... father found; A love that makes breath poor and speech unable; Beyond all manner of so much I love you. Cor. (Aside. ) What shall Cordelia speak? Love, and be silent. Lear. Of all these bounds, even from this line to this, With shadowy ...
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... father all. Lear. But goes thy heart with this? Cor. Ay, good my lord. Lear. So young, and so untender? Cor. So young, my lord, and true. Lear. Let it be so,—thy truth then be thy dower: For, by the sacred radiance of the sun, The ...
... father all. Lear. But goes thy heart with this? Cor. Ay, good my lord. Lear. So young, and so untender? Cor. So young, my lord, and true. Lear. Let it be so,—thy truth then be thy dower: For, by the sacred radiance of the sun, The ...
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... father's heart from herl—Call France;—who stirs? Call Burgundyl—Cornwall and Albany, With my two daughters' dowers digest this third: Let pride, which she calls plainness, marry her. I do invest you jointly in my power, Pre-eminence ...
... father's heart from herl—Call France;—who stirs? Call Burgundyl—Cornwall and Albany, With my two daughters' dowers digest this third: Let pride, which she calls plainness, marry her. I do invest you jointly in my power, Pre-eminence ...
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... father, as my master follow'd, As my great patron thought on in my prayers.— Lear. The bow is bent and drawn, make from the shaft. Kent. Let it fall rather, though the fork invade The region of my heart: be Kent unmannerly When Lear is ...
... father, as my master follow'd, As my great patron thought on in my prayers.— Lear. The bow is bent and drawn, make from the shaft. Kent. Let it fall rather, though the fork invade The region of my heart: be Kent unmannerly When Lear is ...
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... father That you must lose a husband. Cor. Peace be with Burgundy! Since that respects of fortune are his love, I shall not be his wife. France. Fairest Cordelia, that art most rich, being poor; Most choice, forsaken; and most lov'd ...
... father That you must lose a husband. Cor. Peace be with Burgundy! Since that respects of fortune are his love, I shall not be his wife. France. Fairest Cordelia, that art most rich, being poor; Most choice, forsaken; and most lov'd ...
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