I want to know the difference and commonalities in the speech of both Goneril and Regan when Lear asked them about their love degree.
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*All quotes are taken from the Norton Shakespeare, based on the Oxford edition.
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- Regan says Goneril "names my very deed of love" (I.i.70); therefore agreeing to everything Goneril mentioned.
- Both women...
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