No Fear Shakespeare
King Lear
Get this No Fear to go!
Act 5, Scene 3, Page 4
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ALBANY
That were the most if he should
husband you.
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ALBANY
He’d really be your proxy if he married you.
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REGAN
Jesters do oft prove prophets.
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REGAN
Don’t joke, it might come true.
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GONERIL
Holla, holla!
That eye that told you so looked but asquint.
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GONERIL
Whoa, whoa! You’re so infatuated with him that you’re hallucinating.
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REGAN
Lady, I am not well, else I should answer
From a full-flowing stomach.
(to EDMUND) General,
Take thou my soldiers, prisoners, patrimony.
Dispose of them, of me. The walls is thine.
Witness the world that I create thee here
My lord and master.
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REGAN
Hey, lady, if I weren’t feeling a little sick, I’d give you a piece of my mind. (to EDMUND) General, take my soldiers, my prisoners, my whole inheritance, and do as you like with them. I surrender myself to your good judgment. Let the whole world see that I hereby make you my lord and master.
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GONERIL
Mean you to enjoy him then?
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GONERIL
Are you trying to sleep with him?
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ALBANY
The let-alone lies not in your good will.
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ALBANY
(to GONERIL) It’s not up to you to say “Yes” or “No.”
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EDMUND
Nor in thine, lord.
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EDMUND
Nor is it up to you, my lord.
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ALBANY
Half-blooded fellow, yes.
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ALBANY
Yes it is, you half-blood.
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REGAN
(to EDMUND) Let the drum strike and prove my title thine.
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REGAN
(to EDMUND) Let the drums beat. Prove your right to me by defeating any challenger.
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ALBANY
Stay yet. Hear reason.—Edmund, I arrest thee
On capital treason, and in thine attaint
This gilded serpent.(indicates GONERIL)
(to REGAN) For your claim, fair sister,
I bar it in the interest of my wife.
'Tis she is subcontracted to this lord.
And I, her husband, contradict your banns.
If you will marry, make your loves to me,
My lady is bespoke.
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ALBANY
Hang on a second. Listen to me.—Edmund, you’re under arrest for capital treason. Along with you, your co-conspirator, this snake of a woman. (points at GONERIL. Then, speaking to REGAN) My dear sister-in-law, I veto your marriage announcement for the benefit of my wife, who is already engaged to Edmund. So if you want to get married, you’ll have to woo me. My wife’s already spoken for.
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