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King Lear, old and tired,
divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their
protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses
to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and turns for
support to his remaining daughters. But Goneril and Regan have no love for him
and instead plot to take all his power from him. In a parallel, Lear’s loyal
courtier Gloucester favors his illegitimate son Edmund after being told lies
about his faithful son Edgar. Madness and tragedy befall both ill-starred
fathers. |
