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  2. Cordelia (King Lear) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Goneril - Wikipedia

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    Goneril is a character in William Shakespeare's tragic play King Lear (1605). She is the eldest of King Lear's three daughters. Along with her sister Regan, Goneril is considered a villain, obsessed with power and overthrowing her elderly father as ruler of the kingdom of Britain.

  4. King Lear - Wikipedia

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    King Lear, George Frederick Bensell. The Tragedy of King Lear, often shortened to King Lear, is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is loosely based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between his daughters Goneril and Regan, who pay homage to gain favour, feigning ...

  5. Regan (given name) - Wikipedia

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    Regan, a daughter of King Lear in Shakespeare's play King Lear; Regan Abbott, character in the movie A Quiet Place; Regan Hamleigh, character in The Pillars of the Earth novel and miniseries; Regan MacNeil, the central character of the novel The Exorcist; Regan O'Neill, the narrator and viewpoint character of the novel Luna by Julie Anne Peters

  6. Regan (King Lear) - Wikipedia

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    She is the middle child of King Lear's daughters and is married to the Duke of Cornwall. Similarly to her older sister Goneril, Regan is attracted to Edmund. [1] Both sisters are eager for power and convince their father with false flattery to hand over his kingdom.

  7. A Ukrainian 'King Lear' comes to Shakespeare's hometown. Its ...

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    Ukrainians displaced by war find new purpose in Shakespeare's play of love, loss and madness, bringing their version to the bard's hometown.

  8. Cordelia of Britain - Wikipedia

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    The story was used by Shakespeare in his play King Lear. In Shakespeare's version, Cordelia's invasion of Britain is unsuccessful; she is captured and murdered, and her father does not retake the throne. Before Shakespeare, the story was also used in Edmund Spenser's epic The Faerie Queene and in the anonymous play King Leir.

  9. LA Times owner blocked Kamala endorsement to protest ... - AOL

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    The Los Angeles Times’ billionaire owner Patrick Soon-Shiong blocked his newspaper from endorsing Vice President Harris to protest her support of Israel’s war in Gaza, his daughter reveled on ...