Goneril

Goneril

1. Would be shocking to an audience as she is subverting the stereotype of a good woman.

2. Gonerill is controlling at the beginning of the play - stopping Lear's authority

3. Gonerill is shown to be vicious as she is the one who has the idea to take out Gloucester's eyes.

4. Some sympathy could be created for her as she is not Lear's favourite and never will be.

5. She takes away any authority that her husband has and turns him against her.

6. She commits adultery and murder because of her lust for Edmond - turning everyone against her.

7. Refers to Albany's 'milky gentleness'