... out of his three daughters. King Lear wants to give his favorite daughter Cordelia the kingdom, but Cordelia remains unable to acquire the land with her being the youngest and not the eldest. Lear then devises the love test to avoid the order of succession rule. The love test "is childish, foolish--but very human" (13 Knight). He loves her so much that he wants her to have everything ... and there all your life, making up to this one and that one, But you're really not a woman, are you? I don't know what you are, just a bitch is all, just a dried-up whore bitch" (307 Smiley). With good ...

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