KING LEAR

King Lear

King Lear

Cordelia is presented as King Lear's youngest daughter. Endowed with her father's stubbornness, she refuses to flatter him as her sisters have done. In his adversity, she returns to him with love and forgiveness, restoring his sanity and redeeming him from bitterness. Her untimely death brings about Lear's death (Rosenberg, 2004).

Cordelia's honest response, born of a greater love, is out of keeping with the occasion. Lear has not looked beneath the surface. He has let the ritual appearances replace the internal reality; in fact, he has refused to distinguish between the two.

The asseverations of Goneril and Regan soon ...