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KING LEAR Now, by Apollo,-- KENT Now, by Apollo, king, Thou swear'st thy gods in vain. KING LEAR O, vassal! miscreant! Laying his hand on his sword ALBANY CORNWALL Dear sir, forbear. KENT Do: Kill thy physician, and the fee bestow Upon thy foul disease. Revoke thy doom; Or, whilst I can vent clamour from my throat, I'll tell thee thou dost evil ...
Dec 26, 2019 · King Lear is the story of the ageing king of Britain, Lear, and his three daughters, Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia. When he asks them to prove their love for him in exchange for one third of his kingdom, all but Cordelia manage to flatter him enough. Cordelia is clearly the daughter who loves him the most, and yet she is banished; Regan and ...
Apr 21, 2016 · Act 1, scene 4. Scene 4. Synopsis: The earl of Kent returns in disguise, offers his services to Lear, and is accepted as one of Lear’s followers. Goneril rebukes Lear for his knights’ rowdiness and demands he dismiss half of them. After attacking her verbally for her ingratitude, he prepares to leave for Regan’s. Enter Kent ⌜in disguise ...
Jun 2, 2023 · Royal Lear, Whom I have ever honour’d as my king, Lov’d as my 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 mad.
The steward, or chief servant, in Goneril’s house. Oswald obeys his mistress’s commands and helps her in her conspiracies. Next section King Lear. A list of all the characters in King Lear. King Lear characters include: King Lear, Cordelia, Edmund, Goneril and Regan, Gloucester.
Lear, King of Britain, in an attempt to avoid future strife, divides his kingdom between his three daughters. His eldest two, Regan (wife of Cornwall) and Gonerill (wife of Albany), respond to his request for a show of love, but Cordelia is unable to, not wanting to be hypocritical. In a fit of rage, Lear banishes her and she leaves to marry ...
King Lear goes through his own psychological extremities in Dover. Brought there by his adherents to be put under Cordelia’s protection, he is plunged by the very prospect of that reunion into greater anguish. Lear retreats from facing the daughter he once cast off: A sovereign shame so elbows him—his own.
