King Lear

1-What were the names of king Lear’s daughters from the oldest to the youngest?

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King Lear

1-They were Goneril , Regan and Cordelia.

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2-What had king Lear decided to do to his kingdom and what did he asked his three daughters to do?

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King Lear

2-King Lear decided to take no further part in the government of his country , but to leave younger ones to manage it.He asked his 3 daughters to tell him how much love each had for him so that he might divide his kingdom among them according to their love for him.


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3-To what extent did Goneril express her love to her father?

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King Lear

3-She declared that she loved her father more than words could tell , that he was dearer to her than the light of her own eyes , dearer than life it self.


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4-What did king Lear expect Cordelia to do?

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4-He expected Cordelia to say more loving words than her sisters

because she was his favourite .


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5-What did Cordelia know about her sisters’ words?

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5-Cordelia knew that her sisters were deceitful and their words were untrue and that they flattered their father to get part of his country .


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6-What plans did king Lear make for himself he after had given his kingdom to

Goneril and Regan?

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6-He gave the crown between his two daughters together with all the powers of the government . He kept nothing for himself except the name of the king and a hundred knights to serve him . He planed to stay a months at Goneril’s palace and a months at Regan’s palace .


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7-Why couldnot Cordelia express her love for her father ?

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7-Because she could not please her father with large speeches as her sisters had done although she loved him more than they pretended . That made her father whose old age made him unwise angry with her .


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8-Prove that Cordelia left her father palace with a heavy heart?

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8-Because she knew the deceit of her sisters . As she knew that they only gave great speeches to get from the king parts of the kingdom and wished that her father could be in better hands than theirs .


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9-Why was Cordelia left with nothing?

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9-Because love could not be expressed by words . So, she felt ashamed of her two sisters who only expressed their false love to take from their father parts of his kingdom . that’ s why she gave her father a simple answer , that she loved him according to her duty neither more nor less as she thought that the best thing she could do was

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