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Kent and Gloucester opened the play. They were discussing Gloucester's bastard son. I dont think that Edmund felt any diferent than before. If he did feel any emotions whatsoever, it might be happiness that he now has a brother though he may be illegitimate. King Lear had plan to divide his kingdom into three between his daughters. In order for them to get a part of the kingdom they had to flatter their father with how much they love him. Goneril was the first to answer him saying that she loved him more tha words can say and more than space and liberty. Regan's response to her father's question was a little different for she claimed to have loved her father more than her sister Goneril, claiming that she came too short in her answers. Cordelia's answer however shocked her father into disbelief. When came time for her to tell her father how much she loved him her answer was "nothing". That meaning that he knew how much she loved him and she and she did not have to exprss in words how much she did. I belive that her answer was deserving and that she needed not to impress him to make her love seem insincere. Cordelia told her father that he "begot" her "bred" her and "lov'd" her and that she return all of theses back to him as are fit. She then brought uo the argument that if her sisters said that they love him, then why do they have husbands. In additon she claimed that when she got married half of her affection would be to her husband but as she would not marry all of her love belongs to her father. Corelia is in no sense of the word being cruel to her father. However i do see the point that he was trying to make, that if her sisters had to express how much they loved him then so should she: what goes for one goes for all. King Lear is furious with her response and disowns her. In doing this kent becomes furious with the King for his foolish behaviour pointing out that he was tricked by his two older daughters and their false pretense of affection towards their father.