King Lear Characters

King Lear Characters

1. King Lear

   • Insecure
     • The love test
     • "As we, Unburthened, crawl towards death"
       • Feels insecure ruling at 80?
     • No male heirs
   • Vain/prideful
   • Naive
     • Values the illusion of power over substance
   • Values do change

2. Daughters

   • Goneril
   • Regan
     • Power turns her into a "sexual sadist"
   • Cordelia
     • Preferred daughter
       • "A third more opulent"
         • She gets a better third

3. The Fool

4. Gloucester

5. Edmund

6. Edgar