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1、ThebookreviewofKingLearKingLearisoneofShakespeare’sfamoustragedies.Lear,theagingkingofBritain,decidestostepdownfromthethroneandhedecidestodividehiskingdomevenlyamonghisthreedaughters.Firstly,however,heputshisdaughtersgothroughatestwhichaskseachofthemtotellhimhowm
2、uchsheloveshim.GonerilandRegan,Lear’solderdaughters,givetheirfatherflatteringanswersandmaketheoldkingverycheerful.ButCordelia,Lear’syoungestandfavoritedaughtersaysthatshehasnowordstodescribehowmuchshelovesherfather.Shesaysthataftershegetsmarriedshewillgiveherhusb
3、andhalfofherloveandanotherhalfforherfather.LearisveryangryanddisownsCordelia.ThekingofFrancewhohascourtedCordeliawasdeeplymovedbyhersincere.Hesaysthathestillwantstomarryherevenwithoutherland.WithapityCordeliaaccompaniestheFrenchkingtoFrancewithoutherfather’sbless
4、ing.Learquicklyrealizesthathemadeabaddecision.GonerilandReganswiftlybegintodeprivethelittleauthoritythatLearstillholds.Theytreathimcoldand6withoutpassions.Becauseofunabletobelievethathisbeloveddaughtersaretormentinghim,Learslowlygoesmad.Heleavesfromhisdaughters’h
5、ousestobehonor.UnfortunatelyherunsupagainstagreatthunderstormwithhisFoolandKentwhoisaloyalministerofhis.Meanwhile,anelderlynoblemanofLear’snamedGloucesteralsoexperiencesfamilyproblems.Hisillegitimateson,Edmund,cheatshimtobelievethathislegitimateson,Edgar,istrying
6、tokillhimandrobshisproperty.SohereadilyplacetrustinwhatEdmundsaidandsetEdgaroutofthecountry.WithoutanymethodEdgarmakesuphimselfasacrazybeggarandcallshimself“PoorTom.”LikeLear,hestartstoleadavagrantlife.WhentheloyalGloucesterrealizesthatLear’sdaughtershaveturnedag
7、ainsttheirfather,hedecidestohelpLearinspiteofthedanger.Reganandherhusband,Cornwall,discoverhimhelpingLearandmakehimblind.Theyputhimouttothewildcountryside.FinallyGloucesterisbroughttothecityofDoverbyEdgarwhereLearhasalsobeenbrought.6InDover,aFrencharmylandswhichl
8、edbyCordeliainanefforttosaveherfather.EdmundsayslovetobothReganandGoneril.Goneril’shusband,Albany,isincreasinglysympathetictoLear’sbitterexperience.SoGonerilan
