... to a chaotic sequence of irreversible events. The characters that purposefully instigate the inevitable downfall of both Lear and Gloucester do so with contempt in their hearts. As a result of their malicious actions, Regan, Goneril and Edmund are rewarded by their respective fathers. After realizing their loyalties ... banished, Lear calls Cornwall and Albany to him, telling them to "With [his] two daughters" dowers digest the third" (Act I, scene I, line 129). Understandably, Goneril and Regan are ecstatic, as they now hold one half of Lear's once mighty kingdom; however, their newly ...

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