LEAR: I gave you all –
REGAN: And in good time you gave it.
– William Shakespeare
King Lear, Act 2, Scene 4. Lear still holds onto the idea that a child’s love is a commodity that can be bought, pleading with Regan and Goneril that he gave them all, including making them his guardians and depositaries. Regan’s response shows her as mean-spirited and vicious as ever.