Cordelia

Cordelia

1. "My love is more ponderous than my tongue"

2. "Nothing my Lord"

3. "I love your majesty according to my bond, no more no less"

4. Lear says

   • "I disclaim all paternal care"

5. "I would prefer him to a better place" before she left

6. "Time shall unfold what plighted cunning hides"

7. "let this kiss repair those violent harms that my two sister"

   • For Cordelia love and forgiveness come naturally

8. Maggie Williams- " sweet, tender picture of perfect womanhood "

9. Maggie Williams- "Cordelia is the strongest and purest of Shakespear's characters"

10. "Compared with her sisters, Cordelia comes off as saint – she is one of the only genuinely principled characters in the play"

11. "She responds to his pride with her pride at the beginning of the play"

12. "her presence in the play alone offers a counterbalance to the evil represented by her sisters and their allies. "

13. "her presence in the play alone offers a counterbalance to the evil represented by her sisters and their allies. "

14. "her self-righteous pride, regrettable, triggers catastrophe"

15. "Her stubborn "nothing" leads the way for Goneril and Regan's rebellion"

16. "her refusal to take part in the public speaking contest could be seen as a sign of her integrity"

17. [kneels] [she restrains him as he tries to kneel]