An aging king, recovering from a descent into madness, awakens to find his estranged daughter Cordelia by his side. He struggles with his fading memory and deep-seated guilt, eventually begging for her forgiveness in a moment of profound vulnerability.
LEAR: Pray do not mock me.
I am a very foolish fond old man,
Fourscore and upward, not an hour more nor less;
And to deal plainly,
I fear I am not in my perfect mind.
CORDELIA: And so I am; I am.
LEAR: Be your tears wet? Yes, faith. I pray, weep not.
If you have poison for me, I will drink it.
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