![]() ![]() ![]() The three daughters grow up, like the rest of the women in this century, with the idea of deep respect towards men. Lear and Cordelia are imprisoned, Cordelia dies executed and Lear dies because of the pain produced by Cordelia’s death. Cordelia tries to save him by bringing the French army to defeat Goneril and Regan. ![]() Goneril and Regan behaved in a bad way with his father what makes him being about to get mad. Cordelia is disinherited and marries the King of France. ![]() I love your majesty, according to my duty as a daughter. To decide it, he asks them a question “Which of you shall we say doth love us most?” (Act I, Scene I), Goneril and Regan lie in order to obtain a greater part, whereas Cordelia tells him “Wretched as I am, I can’t express in words what’s in my heart. As he is getting old, he wants to divide his reign between his three daughters, Goneril, Regan and Cordelia. The main plot talks about King Lear’s situation. This tragedy was written in Shakespeare’s dark period, influenced by the deaths of his parents, his son and Queen Elizabeth. This play was first performed in court in 1605, but it was written not before 1603, shortly after Othello and after Macbeth. ![]()
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