Lear becomes extremely angry but Cordelia still refuses to stoop to the level of her sisters. Upon her turn, she tells Lear that she loves him as her duty as a daughter requires but no more, as she will save some of her love for her soon to be husband. Cordelia finds her sisters extremely boorish in their exaggerated and completely insincere flattery and refuses to participate. Regan answers his request next, attempting to outdo her sister, and thus says that she has given all of her love to Lear. It is a selfish request and Goneril, the eldest, responds readily. Lear first addresses his two eldest daughters, asking them to express their love for him before they and their husbands will receive the land he has allotted for them. Lear has divided the kingdom into three parts, allotting the largest to Cordelia, his most favored of the three daughters. The Earls Kent and Gloucester discuss the division of King Lear's kingdom.
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