King Lear Commentary - Act I. King Lear Commentary provides a comprehensive description of every act with explanations and translations for all important quotes. Act I. Scene I. - A Room of State in King Lear's Palace. King Lear: "'tis our fast intent / To shake all cares and business from our age, / Conferring them on younger strengths, while we / Unburden'd crawl toward death." King Lear gives his kingdom to daughters Regan and Goneril whom he …showed first 75 words of 8235 total…

…showed last 75 words of 8235 total…land. Kent explains that he cannot help in this task, for "I have a journey, sir, shortly to go; / My master calls me, I must not say no" (Line 324). Albany ends this tragedy with insight: "The weight of this sad time we must obey; / Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. The oldest hath [has] borne [suffered] most: we that are young, / Shall never see so much, nor live so long" (Line 328).