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Goneril's speech, while flattering, is not genuine as she only wishes to accrue power. After Lear banishes his youngest daughter Cordelia for failing to flatter him as Goneril and Regan did, Lear decides that he will spend half the year in Goneril's castle and the other half in Regan's. She believes that her father is an old madman, and that ...
Cordelia is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's tragic play King Lear.Cordelia is the youngest of King Lear's three daughters and his favorite. After her elderly father offers her the opportunity to profess her love to him in return for one-third of the land in his kingdom, she replies that she loves him "according to her bond" and she is punished for the majority of the play.
Shakespeare based the character on Regan, a personage described by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his pseudo-historical chronicle Historia regum Britanniae ("History of the Kings of Britain", c. 1138) as one of the British king Lear's three daughters, alongside Goneril and Cordelia (the source for Cordelia), and the mother of Cunedagius.
Lear and Cordelia by Ford Madox Brown. Regan, Goneril, Albany, and Edmund meet with their forces. Albany insists that they fight the French invaders but not harm Lear or Cordelia. The two sisters lust for Edmund, who has made promises to both. He considers the dilemma and plots the deaths of Albany, Lear, and Cordelia.
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Cordelia by Pierce Francis Connelly. Cordelia was Leir's favourite daughter, being the younger sister to Goneril and Regan. When Leir decided to divide his kingdom among his daughters and their husbands, Cordelia refused to flatter him. In response, Leir refused her any land in Britain or the blessing of any husband.
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Confirming Istanbul’s bona fides as an international food capital, the Michelin guide debuted in Turkey in 2022. The country’s only two-star distinction went to Turk Fatih Tutak, a restaurant ...