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1
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The start of the love test

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Which of you shall we say doth love us most?

2
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Cordelias response to the love test

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I love your majesty according to my bond no more nor less

3
Q

What does Lear say to cordelia after love test

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Let it be so. Thy truth then be thy dower

4
Q

Edmund questions why he’s treated differently

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Why bastard? Wherefore base

5
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Gloucester speaking negatively about edmund and mother

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The whoreson must be acknowledged

6
Q

Gloucester talking about how he treats Edgar

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Is no dearer

7
Q

Edmunds plan

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Edmund the base shall top th’legitimate

8
Q

Edmund wanting everything Gloucester has

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That which my father loses - no less than all

9
Q

Edmund speaking about the downfall of Gloucester

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The younger rises when the old doth fall

10
Q

Edmunds response to goneril and regan both loving him

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Neither can be enjoyed if both remain alive

11
Q

Edmund speaking about how he hates the world

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This is the excellent foppery of the world

12
Q

Edmund trying to redeem himself

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Some good I mean to do despite my own nature

13
Q

Leads treatment of his daughters

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He always loved our sister most

14
Q

Goneril speaking about lears insanity

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You see how full of changes his age is

15
Q

Cordelia knowing Regan and gonerils plan

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Time shall unfold what plighted cunning hides who covers faults at last with shame derides well may you prosper

16
Q

Regan orders Gloucester’s death

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Hang him instantly

17
Q

Lears realization

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They flattered me… they are not men o’their words. They told me I was everything

18
Q

Leads clarity when he has lost his mind

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Reason in madness

19
Q

Gloucester’s death

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Burst smilingly

20
Q

Lear and Cornelia going to prison

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We two alone will sing like birds i’the’cage

21
Q

Kent’s character

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A very honest hearted fellow

22
Q

Regans reasoning for banishing Lear

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To Whitful men the injuries that they themselves procure must be their schoolmasters. Shut up your doors

23
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Cornwall taking out Gloucester’s eyes

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Upon these eyes of thine I’ll set my foot

24
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Gloucester being a traitor

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So white and such a traitor

25
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Edmunds truth is out

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The wheel has turned full circle. I am here

26
Q

Leads state after banishment

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A poor, infirm, weak and despised old man

27
Q

Family is ungrateful

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Filial ingratitude

28
Q

Edgar talking about karma

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The gods are just

29
Q

Kent trying to reason with Lear about love test

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Thy youngest daughter does not love thee least

30
Q

Edgar about power and control

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Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say

31
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Goneril knowing that Lear wants to be treated like king

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Old fools are babes again