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  1. The Shakescleare version of King Lear includes the original text alongside a complete modern English translation, which can help you unlock the meaning of its most important quotes, such as “Nothing can come of nothing” and “How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is / To have a thankless child.”

    • Act 1, Scene 1

      Actually understand King Lear Act 1, Scene 1. Read every...

  2. Actually understand King Lear Act 1, Scene 1. Read every line of Shakespeare’s original text alongside a modern English translation.

  3. Actually understand King Lear Act 1, Scene 4. Read every line of Shakespeare’s original text alongside a modern English translation.

  4. Apr 21, 2016 · King Lear dramatizes the story of an aged king of ancient Britain, whose plan to divide his kingdom among his three daughters ends tragically. When he tests each by asking how much she loves him, the older daughters, Goneril and Regan, flatter him. The youngest, Cordelia, does not, and Lear disowns and banishes her.

  5. Read expert analysis on King Lear including allusion, character analysis, facts, foreshadowing, and historical context at Owl Eyes.

  6. I shall, my liege. Lear. Meantime we shall express our darker purpose. Give me the map there. Know 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.

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  8. The King falls from 441bias of nature--there's father against child. We have 442 seen the best of our time. Machinations, hollowness, 443 treachery, and all ruinous disorders follow us disquietly 444 to our graves.