In this paragraph I will give an outline of the scene and explain what my essay will be about. I will be talking about the sisters are acting for the land. King Lear asked his daughters, Goneril, Regan and Cordelia, to give him arguments for who loves him the most. I will define how Shakespeare discusses King Lear’s daughters love for him. Firstly I will talk about Goneril then I will talk about Reagan after that I will talk about Cordealia. To conclude I will talk about King Lear.
Goneril
Shakespeare describes Goneril as false and manipulative as you can see Goneril uses these words to her farther ‘dearer than eyesight ,space and liberty.’ she is exaggerating the fact she loves her dad, king Lear, for the bigger piece of land out of the 2 other sisters for it. Goneril statement statement is trying to win over her father’s love. It is quite false she is trying to manipulate her dad. This is how Shakespeare presents Goneril false and manipulative.
Regan
Shakespeare presents Regan as competitive with all her sisters as she says. ‘I profess myself an enemy to all other joys’. Which translates to I am an enemy to all my sisters for the bigger piece of land from her farther king Lear. She is telling a bit of the truth of being an enemy but what she is trying to make strong answer or rebuttal to her older sister Goneril for the land from her dad king Lear. Also she does give other words to her farther who is slowly crawling to death. Shakespeare presents as competitive and wants the land by giving a strong statement to her farther king Lear.
Cordelia
Shakespeare presents the youngest sister Cordelia as truthful and honest. As she says this ‘I cannot heave my heart into my mouth’ this means she cannot lie for the land and is truthful to her father King Lear .this shows Cordelia the youngest daughter is honest ,clever and does not care about the land from her farther she also says this. ‘I love you more nor less’ .This is the way Shakespeare shows and presents Cordelia honest and truthful also clever.
King Lear
King Lear is a king slowly crawling to his death and trying to have fun with his last moments so he wants to give his land away to his daughters to lessen his stress. This is how Shakespeare presented King Lear. King Lear asked his daughters, Goneril, Regan and Cordelia, who loves him the most and asked them to give him statements and who ever won got the biggest part of his land.
Conclusion
To conclude to this essay I will go back on what I have said. Firstly Goneril the oldest sister out of the three is false a manipulative and exaggerates her love for her farther king Lear. Reagan the second oldest out of three is competitive and you can tell also false this is how Shakespeare presented the two older sisters .However Cordelia is very different she is truthful and does not care if she does not get the bigger piece of land. King Lear is just wanting to live the last moments of his life by giving his land away to his daughters and go out of control of the kingdom. This is how Shakespeare presents the characters in the role play of King Lear.
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