summary of king lear
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- In King Lear's castle...
- One day, a king by the name of king Lear gathered his 3 daughters and declared he will abdicate the throne. He decided to split his kingdom into 3 uneven pieces and give the largest piece to which daughter loved him the most. The first 2 daughters filled with wickedness and jealousy gave fake, manipulative speeches, but unlike the 2 sisters the third sister Cordelia said nothing and declared she can't put her heart in her mouth and she loves Lear as a daughter would. this filled Lear with rage resulting in Cordelia getting banished. Kent a loyal servant tried to tell Lear of the mistake he made which resulted in him getting banished too...
- Regan
- Goneril
- King Lear
- I banish both of you! Cordelia, you are no daughter of mine!
- Kent
- Cordelia
- News of King Lear's actions reach to the Earl of Gloucester leading him to be so deep in thought to the point he almost bumped into his illegimate son Edmund but something was off. Edmund was hiding something so after some investigating, Gloucester discovered a letter from his other son Edgar that was asking Edmund to join him into planning to kill Gloucester. This resulted in him leaving the room in a rage threatening to arrest and kill Edgar. Little did he know Edmund copied Edgar's handwriting and planned all this out to get revenge for being ignored for years.
- I knew brother's handwriting would be useful. Perfect!
- In Gloucester's castle...
- Edmund
- Maybe it's just a joke or a test?
- To Edmund
- How could he! I will have him arrested and imprisoned!
- Earl of Gloucester
- When the 2 daughters became queens, Lear decided that he would stay in one of the daughter's castles for 6 months then move to the other castle for another 6 months He started staying at Goneril's castle, but would often fight, till at some point after Goneril told Lear that his 100 knights were pointless and half of them would be taken away, Lear left to Gloucester, However Goneril sent a letter to Regan about the fight and both agreed to meet up at Gloucester's castle as guests. when Lear made it to Gloucester's castle, Regan offered to keep Lear with no knights and after more agruing Lear realised the evilness of the 2 daughters and went away. Gloucester planed to take Lear in and hide him from the 2 daughters.
- In a ditch for all I care!
- Cornwall
- Regan
- A good soak might bring him to his senses!
- Goneril
- King Lear
- where will he shelter?
- In Gloucester's castle...
- Gloucester
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