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King Lear has entered his court with his three daughters: Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia. Cordelia, Lear’s youngest daughter, is about to be married to one of two suitors: the King of France or the Duke of Burgundy. Before she is married, however, King Lear wants to divide up his kingdom. Unusually, he has chosen to step down from the throne and divide his kingdom between his three daughters. Before he awards each daughter a portion of the kingdom, he asks them each to publicly profess how much
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KING LEAR
Meantime we shall express our darker purpose.
Give me the map there. Know that we have divided
In three our kingdom: and 'tis our fast intent
To shake all cares and business from our age;
Conferring them on younger strengths, while we
Unburthen'd crawl toward death. Our son of Cornwall,
And you, our no less loving son of Albany,
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