Compose a 1500 words essay on Cordelia in King Lear. Needs to be plagiarism free!Download file to see previous pages... These specific traits of her personality are overwhelmingly present throughout t

Compose a 1500 words essay on Cordelia in King Lear. Needs to be plagiarism free!

These specific traits of her personality are overwhelmingly present throughout the whole play. Cordelia symbolizes virtue in “King Lear” because she truly believes in principles and repeals flattery in any form. Her refusal to participate in the game about the love test her father organizes in order to determine which daughter loves him the most reveals her true virtue. Unlike her sisters, Goneril and Regan, who exhibit their prowess of flattery in order to gain their father’s trust and, therefore, his wealth, Cordelia chooses to remain silent. She understands that the love she feels for her father cannot be measured by the words she utters during the show. When her father prompts her to express her love, she simply answers: “And yet not so. since, I am sure, my love 's / More richer than my tongue” (Lear 1.1). Even though she refuses to assimilate her love for her father to a simple display of words, her father fails to understand her message and considers this refusal to be about her pride or disobedience. This misunderstanding will be very costly to her and lead to the tragic events that follow. Even her father’s insistence and the threat that she may lose her family and her inheritance if she does not express her love for her father was not enough to make her change her mind. ...

She would not even deny her principles to guarantee herself a safe inheritance and power as did her sisters whose supposed love for King Lear was not genuine because they put forward their personal interest. Her sincerity leads to her banishment and loss of her inheritance. King Lear asserts: “Here I disclaim all my paternal care, / Propinquity and property of blood, / And as a stranger to my heart and me / Hold thee, from this, for ever) (1.1). This scary statement does not discourage Cordelia who defends her principles until the end. Even the loss of her dowry and the eventual loss of a potential husband do not deter her from her convictions. Here is the answer she serves the Duke of Burgundy who refuses to marry her because she lost her dowry: “Peace be with Burgundy! / Since that respects of fortune are his love, / I shall not be his wife” (1.1). This possibility to say no even in this precarious situation demonstrates her strength and her ability to face challenges. Luckily, the king of France recognizes her worth, adheres to her values and reveals: “: Fairest Cordelia, that art most rich, being poor. / Most choice, forsaken. and most loved, despised! / Thee and thy virtues here I seize upon: / Be it lawful I take up what's cast away” (1.1). This deserved recognition saves her from homelessness and depravity and offers her a new home, a new family even though she has to undergo exile. Moreover, Cordelia expresses much love throughout the whole play. Her refusal to participate in the love exhibition game solely resides in the deep and true love she feels for her father.