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Goneril has been advised that her husband, the Duke of Albany, is displeased with her. As he enters, he is clearly worked up in a state. Albany lays into Goneril, criticizing her abuse of her father. He is outraged that her actions have driven Lear to insanity. In turn, Goneril angrily lashes out at her husband, accusing him of cowardice. Albany begs Goneril to see how she has changed and how this behavior makes her more vile than the devil himself.
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GONERIL
I have been worth the whistle.
ALBANY
O Goneril!
You are not worth the dust which the rude wind
Blows in your face. I fear your disposition:
That nature, which contemns its origin,
Cannot be border'd certain in itself;
She that herself will sliver and disbranch
From her material sap, perforce must wither
And come to deadly use.
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