King Lear
King Lear the aging King of Britain, has decided to step down from the throne and divide his kingdom evenly among his three daughters Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia. First he puts his daughters through a sort of test, asking each to tell him just how much each daughter loves him. Goneril and Regan, Lear's older daughters, give their father flattering answers. But Cordelia, Lear's youngest and favorite daughter, remains silent, saying that she has no words to describe how much she loves her father "Love, and be silent." Lear flies into a rage and disowns Cordelia, “Nothing comes from nothing!” The King of France, who has been courting Cordelia, says that he still wants to marry her even without her land, and she accompanies him to France without her father's blessing. Lear quickly learns that he has made a bad decision. His older daughters, Regan and Goneril, swiftly begin to undermine the little authority Lear still upholds. Lear's servants and knights have noticed that Goneril's servants no longer obey their commands. Lear sends a command to Goneril, telling her that he wants to talk with her. When Goneril's steward, Oswald, is rude to Lear, Kent gets into a fight with him and beats him. Lear's Fool arrives, an
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Approximate Word count = 1369
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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