King Lear is deciding to split up his kingdom evenly to his three daughters before he passes. He asks each of the daughters how much they love him - so that they are able to obtain a good amount of land.
"Which of you shall we say love us most?"(I.i.53)
Cordelia - Lear's youngest daughter, does not give in to her fathers vain actions. She tells him the truth about how much she loves him, and Lear does not like this at all. He banishes her from the kingdom, along with the Earl of Kent, because he tried to intervene.
Nothing.
"Better thou / hadst not been born than not to have pleased me better" (I.i.235-236)
Gloucester's illegitimate son - Edmund, reveals his intent to possess his father's earldom by any means necessary. He wonders why people think that just because he was conceived out of wedlock, he is less of a person than his brother Edgar.
"Why bastard? Wherefore base?"(I.ii.6)
When Gloucester asks Edmund what the letter is, Edmund lies and says that his brother Edgar wrote it. Edmund has now successfully convinces Gloucester that Edgar is plotting his death to claim his inheritance.
How could Edgar do this? "His very opinion in the letter!"(I.ii.75)
Goneril wants to get rid of Lear as soon as possible, and is having trouble playing host to her father and his knights. She instructs her steward - Oswald, to provoke Lear to give her a reason to evict him.
My father has been having such impulsive behavior, "by day and night he wrongs me!"(I.iii.4)
After Lear banished Cordelia and Kent form the kingdom, it turns out that Kent had never left. He disguises himself in order to serve Lear and stay loyal.
I cannot leave Lear without me, I am "full of labours"(I.iv.7)
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