King Lear was a fierce man. He had two sons and a daughter. They lived in a mansion in Streatham. The children were always bored as their father was shouting at them all the time. The oldest was one of his sons called Reggie, then came Gon Gon. The youngest was the daughter called Cordelio. King Lear asked them to tell him whom loves him the most. The winner would win a billion pounds from their father.
King Lear: Which one of my finest daughters doth love us the most?
Reggie: Well my fine lord, you know how much I love you. I have not even got any words to describe my love. You have and always been my finest love sir. Sir you do not understand how much I love you. But after all I know I do.
King Lear: You must make me understand you to get the prize.
Reggie: But sir, I thought my words would sell you.
King Lear: MORE!!!!!!! How can you say that. You must release your words from your heart, not your mouth.
Reggie: Sir I can not even find words to explain my love. I DO LOVE YOU!!!
King Lear: Well then. It looks like we will have to move on to our second daughter. Gon Gon, speak.
Gon Gon: Sir, my brain is full of words to say. I am not sure what to say now. Actually, wait. Sir a love is burning through my heart trying to catch you.
King Lear: Are you sure you are full of words in your brain or are you just talking rubbish because you have absolutely nothing to say because you do not love me so you make this up?
Gon Gon: Well………
King Lear: Typical. Cordelio, speak!
Cordelio: Well father. My love can be expressed anyway you love?
King Lear: Well my finest daughter, tell me why you love me. How much would you love to have that billion pound.
Cordelio: Sir, I love you way more than my sisters do. they do not care about you. All they care about is having a billion pounds to spend. But me, I would rather have you than the money.
King Lear: Well Cordelio, you have definitely sold me. Looks like you have won the billion pounds.
Cordelio: Yey
February 21, 2016 at 10:52 pm
Reuben, this is a very well written scene which has a clear story to it. Well done.
Targets:
1) It needs to be longer to unlock the badge. I think you might be able to build more tension through a greater level of dialogue between the characters.
2) You need to include at least one example of figurative language that appears in the original text.
3) Cordelia doesn’t receive anything in the original text because she refuses to lie to her father. This also needs to be present within your version.