In this scene King Lear is planning on giving away parts of land and the castle to his daughters and their husbands before he dies. He asks for a speech from each of his daughters telling him how much they love him in favour of parts of the King's land and things. Cordelia is the only daughter who refuses to give a speech (probably because she is uncomfortable of speaking infront of a crowd) and simply says "nothing". The King is taken back by his favourite daughter's unwillingness and disowns her from his point. Kent, the King's duke/ trustworthy person, tries to defend Cordelia and tells the King he is making a mistake by banishing her but the King won't hear it and banishes Kent too.
All the while, the princes of France and Burgandy come for Cordelia's dowary but since the King is banishing Cordelia, the dowary is called off. Cordelia tries to explain it is not what she has done to be disowned and banished but what she did not do in result of this punishment (not telling King Lear how much she loves him).
At the end of this scene we have Goneril and Regan speaking privetly. They notice the King's outrageous punishment of banishing Cordelia, the known favourite of the King's, and have made a plan to stick together so neither of them get caught in the same situation.
No comments:
Post a Comment