Part A: Why Are Shakespeare’s Characters Always So Crazy?
The most honourable character: The most honourable character in the play, King Lear seems to be Cordelia. Honourable is commonly described as someone who is characterized by high principles who has strong morals. Cordelia is a good representation of this due to her consistent expression of her moral beliefs throughout the play. She is a very genuine person and would not say or do anything that she does not believe is right. This is shown when she says: “I yet beseech your majesty, If for I want that glib and oily art, To speak and purpose not--since what i well intend, I’ll do’t before I speak” (1.1.23) This shows that she only says what she means. The first example of her actions representing this honourability is when she stood up to her father by refusing to …show more content…
She says to Lear: “Nothing, my lord”. He did not expect an answer like that and gives her another chance by saying: “Nothing will come of nothing. Speak again.” (1.1. ) But she responds that honestly she will love her father as much as a daughter should love her father and that she will share the love between her father and husband. The other daughters were fake when expressing their love to their father in order to receive his land. Cordelia reminds her father that they can not love their husbands if they say they love him as much as they did. Although Lear still banishes her she accepts her punishment in order to stay true to what she believes in. This is a very honourable action for her to take considering the punishment at the cost of her choice. She also remains loyal to her father even after he banishes her by sending knights out to look for him so that she can see him again. All of these
The most honourable character: The most honourable character in the play, King Lear seems to be Cordelia. Honourable is commonly described as someone who is characterized by high principles who has strong morals. Cordelia is a good representation of this due to her consistent expression of her moral beliefs throughout the play. She is a very genuine person and would not say or do anything that she does not believe is right. This is shown when she says: “I yet beseech your majesty, If for I want that glib and oily art, To speak and purpose not--since what i well intend, I’ll do’t before I speak” (1.1.23) This shows that she only says what she means. The first example of her actions representing this honourability is when she stood up to her father by refusing to …show more content…
She says to Lear: “Nothing, my lord”. He did not expect an answer like that and gives her another chance by saying: “Nothing will come of nothing. Speak again.” (1.1. ) But she responds that honestly she will love her father as much as a daughter should love her father and that she will share the love between her father and husband. The other daughters were fake when expressing their love to their father in order to receive his land. Cordelia reminds her father that they can not love their husbands if they say they love him as much as they did. Although Lear still banishes her she accepts her punishment in order to stay true to what she believes in. This is a very honourable action for her to take considering the punishment at the cost of her choice. She also remains loyal to her father even after he banishes her by sending knights out to look for him so that she can see him again. All of these