Shakespeare's King Lear Abridged
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The aged King Lear decides to divide his kingdom between his three daughters and gets in conflict with the youngest, most truthful, and loyal daughter, Cordelia. After banishing her, he finds no repose and respect among his other daughters, Goneril and Regan, and is abandoned in the wilderness. Losing his reputation as king, turning senile during a storm, left with only his loyal servants, Lear gains an understanding of the essence in life. All the while, Gloucester’s bastard son Edmund, working with Lear’s traitorous daughters, schemes against his brother...
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After being fooled by Edmund, Gloucester decides to pursue Edgar and punish him. Edgar runs away and disguises himself as a crazy beggar named “poor Tom.” Kent fights with Oswald, for he insulted Lear’s dignity, and gets put into the stocks by Regan and Cornwall. When King Lear sees Kent punished...
Published 10/31/21
King Lear divides his kingdom amongst his three daughters, and is seemingly betrayed by his youngest daughter, Cordelia. Edmund, the illegitimate son of Gloucester, pits his father and his brother, Edgar, against each other. Goneril confronts her father about his disruptive knights as he begins...
Published 10/06/21