Act 1, Scene 1 from King Lear CORDELIA: [aside] What shall Cordelia speak? Love, and be silent. LEAR: Of all these bounds, even from this line to this, With shadowy forests and with champains rich'd, With plenteous rivers and wide-skirted meads, We make thee lady. To thine and Albany's issue Be this perpetual.—What says our second daughter, Our dearest Regan, wife to Cornwall? Speak. REGAN: Sir, I am made Of the selfsame metal that my sister is, And prize me at her worth. In my true heart I find she names my very deed of love; Only she comes too short, that I profess Myself an enemy to all other joys Which the most precious square of sense possesses, And find I am alone felicitate In your dear Highness' love. CORDELIA: [aside] Then poor Cordelia! And yet not so; since I am sure my love's More richer than my tongue. LEAR: To thee and thine hereditary ever Remain this ample third of our fair kingdom, No less in space, validity, and pleasure Than that conferr'd on Goneril.—Now, our joy, Although the last, not least; to whose young love The vines of France and milk of Burgundy Strive to be interest; what can you say to draw A third more opulent than your sisters? Speak. CORDELIA: Nothing, my lord. LEAR: Nothing? CORDELIA: Nothing. LEAR: Nothing can come of nothing. Speak again. CORDELIA: Unhappy that I am, I cannot heave My heart into my mouth. I love your Majesty According to my bond; no more nor less. LEAR: How, how, Cordelia? Mend your speech a little, Lest it may mar your fortunes. CORDELIA: Good my lord, You have begot me, bred me, lov'd me; I Return those duties back as are right fit, Obey you, love you, and most honour you. Why have my sisters husbands, if they say They love you all? Haply, when I shall wed, That lord whose hand must take my plight shall carry Half my love with him, half my care and duty. Sure I shall never marry like my sisters, To love my father all. LEAR: But goes thy heart with this? CORDELIA: Ay, good my lord. LEAR: So young, and so untender? CORDELIA: So young, my lord, and true.
Use the passage to answer the question. What is the purpose of the following lines by Cordelia? "Then poor Cordelia! And yet not so; since I am sure my love's More richer than my tongue." (1 point)
to reveal her motivation in order to direct an offstage character
to indicate to Regan that she plans to give a different response to Lear
to present a monologue that serves to reduce the rising tension onstage
to give the audience a clue about an event that will occur later in the play
to allow the audience insight into how torn she feels about responding to Lear