Goneril and Regan’s dishonourable personality’s are a result of their upbringing. Lear’s unconventional parenting style incorporates favouring his youngest daughter and making poor decisions that abdicate his role as a king and most importantly as a father. When Goneril and Regan are forced to display their affection towards their father, their struggle to keep their words genuine, is noticed by Cordelia through her words,. This implies that they are only stating what Lear wants to hear. Lear has placed them after Cordelia and his status on the chain of being, which has generated a competition for the love that still remains (source). Their tendency to betray the people they are close with including each other, is due to Lear’s inability to
