KING LEAR BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE - ANIMATED PLAY SUMMARY
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King Lear is one of Shakespeare’s tragedies, meaning it ends in death for the main characters.
It is the tale of an aging king who has three daughters and must decide which one will inherit his lands and wealth when he dies. He chooses flattery as the deciding factor and demands that his daughters tell him which one of them loves him best - although, of course, the truth is not revealed until far too late.
When the play opens, King Lear of Britain enters with his court. Lear is an old and bitter man nearing the end of his life. He has no male heir, only three daughters; and so he coldly decides that he will leave the greatest part of his fortune to whichever daughter can convince him she loves him the most.
The two oldest daughters, Goneril and Regan, quickly catch on to the game. Goneril speaks first and greatly flatters the king, who immediately grants her one third of his fortune. Regan then comes in and does the same, professing her love for her father so well that she is also granted a third of his fortune.
The youngest daughter, Cordelia, is next, but has little to say. Though she does love her father, it is an honest love and she cannot and will not proclaim it openly in front of the court - not when such a proclamation is being demanded in return for an inheritance.
Greatly offended by Cordelia’s refusal to flatter him, Lear divides his entire fortune between Goneril and Regan - and, of course, their lucky husbands, the Duke of Albany and the Duke of Cornwall respectively. Lear says that he will now live part of the time with each of his two daughters and their husbands.
Cordelia, though, is disowned and exiled. She was unmarried and had two suitors, the Duke of Burgundy and the king of France; but when he hears that she no longer has a dowry, the duke breaks the engagement. And so the oldest daughters are greatly rewarded for their false displays while Cordelia’s honesty has literally cost her everything.
The king of France, however, is stunned by Lear’s actions and agrees to marry Cordelia anyway; and so she leaves for France.
Lear arrives with a very large retinue of men to live with Goneril and her husband, the Duke of Albany, for a time. But Goneril is disturbed by her father’s men, who are disrupting her orderly life. Now that she has her share of her father’s wealth, Lear sees how little respect she actually has for him. Goneril does not want him there and if he must stay, she orders him to at least get rid of most of his men.
Lear is both hurt and infuriated at learning the truth of how Goneril sees him. He leaves to go live with Regan and her husband, the Duke of Cornwall, still believing that Regan had meant it when she told him she loved him.
But Regan is no happier to see Lear and his men at her home than Goneril was. Regan, too, wanted only her inheritance and does not want to be burdened by her father.
The enraged Lear - his retinue dispersed except for his Fool and one man, the Duke of Kent - leaves Regan’s home to go out into a storm on the open moors, feeling he is better out there than with either of his traitorous daughters. Eventually Lear is sheltered and saved by the Duke of Kent, but has finally learned his lesson about Goneril and Regan.
Word comes that Cordelia and her husband, the king of France, are coming to invade Britain, battle Goneril and Regan and their husbands, and return Lear to the throne. But Britain wins the ensuing battle and both Lear and Cordelia are capture. As an invading queen of France, Cordelia’s execution is ordered.
But Goneril’s husband, the Duke of Albany, has finally had enough of his wife. Albany exposes her actions, but not before she poisons her own sister Regan. Goneril herself ends up taking her own life.
Lear tries to get to his third daughter and save her life; but it is too late for Cordelia and she is hanged. Her father kills the hangman and carries her body away. Overcome by age, tragedy, and grief, Lear dies, and it is implied that the Duke of Albany will become the new king.
King Lear is a very clear illustration of how “actions speak louder than words,” since Cordelia’s actions towards her father were far more loving towards him than the false words of Goneril and Regan.
The play contains a quote that has become very well known:
How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is
To have a thankless child!
The quote is from Act I, Scene IV. Lear is speaking bitterly of Goneril, after realizing that she was not sincere in her words towards him. He is essentially wishing a curse on her to have a child that will make her just as miserable as she has made her father.
Shakespeare’s play is believed to be based on the story of King Leir, a ruler of Britain some seven hundred years before the birth of Christ. The modern city of Leicester, England is said to be named for him.
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this is a tremendously good summary, it is really clear and the sentences are easy to understand. great job!
Lol I’m meant to have read this whole play by tomorrow. Thanks
Haha I’m supposed to have like hella notes on this lmaoo
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Explained very well. It was understood very easily. Thank you.
Where's Edmund in all this?? This summary is incomplete
Why are they dressed in modern clothes
hahahahaht ths messed me u the most
HAHAHAHAHA yeah I feel so uncomfortable
I know right?😂
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Didn't mention Edmund with
Lol Goneril just poisons Regan.. For fun. No other reasons. Edmund? Never heard of him
Thank you so much!
I’m going to use this to write an essay for my Engl-2 college course that’s due in less than 10hrs. Wish me luck please. (It’s 11 at night and I’ve never read King Lear)
Edmund: is the main antagonist of king Lear
This video: forgots about Edmund
I mean. Like his whole grievance at the beginning is about how he's overlooked even though he's just as smart and talented as everyone else- and then this video comes along and gives Goneril and Regan all the credit for being the antagonist.
(Please don't cancel me this isn't a hate comment your video is good)
Exactly!!
very nice summary! needed it for class and understand everything!
What about Gloucester?
This is a great summary
If you’re planning on using this video for class or school work don’t it left out half the characters and half of the story with all contributes to the players message
Can you suggest a better video or play from YT?
For the first time, my teacher asked me to watch a video in class
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Thank you for helping me with my assignment.... ❤️
Thanks it is the most beautiful summary of it♥️
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It's not Duke of Kent.. it's Earl of Kent...
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Halfway through with no mention of anyone other than the Lear family... Smh
I came here to here about the Gloucesters
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The Return of the King
you literally left out 70% of the full story
i had to watch this in school :(
Who is sitting the lc tomorrow ?
This is really weird. Edmund, Edgar, Gloucester, Oswald, you have basically cut the sub plot of the play. Makes no sense.
Wow! You missed a hell of a lot in your retelling. Totally ignoring the subplot involving Edgar and Edmund.
Your mention of who was implied to be the future king seems a bit disengenuous. It seems to me it is the not mentioned Edgar who would become king.
You also flew past the fact that Kent wasn't as himself, but in disguise as Lear had banished him for telling Lear to "see better" about disowning Cordelia.
I've watched quite a few Lear vids here on TH-cam as it is my favourite play by Willy Shakes and this is by far the worst of them 😢
Is this the kids one
I thought the princesses will be wearing gowns
Quick edit: "hanged" In this case you should say, "hung"
@@sausagemccrusty You realize it's grammatically incorrect? Wrong tense usage.
@@andrewscott2576 Hung is the past tense of to hang when it means “to suspend or be suspended.” Hanged is the past tense of to hang when it means “to kill someone by tying a rope attached from above and removing the support from beneath.”
@@sausagemccrusty No, you're vastly invalid. Rewatch the portion and do a cross check of both tenses. It's a rule that applies to something that occurred during an event in the semi-fluid past which is referred to in the future.
@@andrewscott2576 Ok?
@@sausagemccrusty you're wrong, goodbye.
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