Secondly, one of Lear’s daughters, Goneril, finds herself engaged in madness of jealousy that causes her to commit suicide. Goneril’s rage of jealousy is presented during her ultimatum towards her father, the affair, and poisoning her own sister. After Goneril is given her part of the land, the strive for more power becomes very consuming of her, as she shows willingness to do whatever it takes to achieve her true motives. When Lear first decides to stay in Goneril’s home, as he told them he would during the distribution of the land, Goneril wishes to make him want to leave. As Lear arrives at Goneril’s home with the company of his one hundred knights, it appears as a threat to Goneil’s power: “ I’ll not endure it./His knights grow riotous,
