Question

In the following lines from Act I, scene i of King Lear, how much does Cordelia say a wife must love her husband?

CORDELIA
Good my lord,
You have begot me, bred me, loved me. I
Return those duties back as are right fit—
Obey you, love you, and most honor 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

Answer 1

His breeding, sir, hath been at my charge: I have ... My lord of Kent: remember him hereafter as my ... Asmuch as child e'er loved, or father found; ... all manner of so much I love you. CORDELIA. [Aside] What shall Cordelia do? Love, and be silent. LEAR ... And prize me at her worth. ... Return those duties backas are right fit