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Many critics have disputed the opening scene of King Lear. They have thought this scene was one of a fairy tale that it reduced the tragedy's effect. The irrationality about the scene comes from following two facts that why Lear orders his daughter to tell their love toward their father and why Cordelia stubornly rejects her father's asking for love. Most critics have thought Lear's abdication was an unreasonable and hasty decision. They also said that Cordelia was so christian that her character caused her and her father's death. When we read the text carefully, his plan was actually the result of his long-term trouble and wisdom. Lear's "darker purpose" which reveals his anguish as a governor was planed in order to solve the abdication problem wisely according to law processes but it misses the mark. Furthermore, his third daughter wanted to make her father aware that his demand was no better than what he would buy true love at the cost of giving bribe. We can understand that how difficult truth and justice come true in human society and how they can be easily abused by examining Lear's love-test and Cordelia's response. This assertion will make the tragedy of this text deeper.