King Lear commentary
King Lear Commentary provides a comprehensive description of every act with explanations and translations for all important quotes.Act I. Scene I. - A Room of State in King Lear's Palace. King Lear: "'tis our fast intent / To shake all cares and business from our age, / Conferring them on younger strengths, while we / Unburden'd crawl toward death." King Lear gives his kingdom to daughters Regan and Goneril whom he believes truly love him. Angry that Cordelia his youngest daughter apparently does not, he banishes her, and Kent who tries in vain to make King Lear reconsider. Cordelia leaves and is taken by the King of France as his Queen... The play begins with Kent setting the scene. We learn that King Lear is to divide and give up to his daughters his kingdom and that in doing so, he will not favor the Duke of Albany any more than the Duke of Cornwall as was expected. We learn that Gloucester, an ally of the King is embarrassed of his bastard son Edmund (Lines 12-26). Lear, The Duke of Cornwall, The Duke of Albany and Lear's three daughters, Goneril, Regan and Cordelia with Attendants arrive. Gloucester and Edmund depart to "Attend [meet, greet] the Lords of France and Burgundy," leaving Lear
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Approximate Word count = 8292
Approximate Pages = 33 (250 words per page double spaced)
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