GOOD & EVIL

CODELIA

• Cordelia is banished 'Here I disclaim all my paternal care'.
• Her exile is a result of her honest, yet unacceptable response to her father’s question.
• 'I love your majesty according to my bond', from the beginning
• Cordelia was always pure.
• Cordelia's tears at the news of her father's treatment prove her compassion

CORDELIA

• Her virtue and purity makes it easy to see why
• she is often described as angel and a balm.
• Embodies the theme of goodness.
• Unwavering constant symbol of good from start to finish'
• Shows love /loyalty. 'Repair those violent harms that my twosisters in there reverence made'

THE FOOL

• The Fool assumes the role of Lear's protector when Cordelia is banished.
• The Fool's use of irony, sarcasm, and humor help to ease the truth.
• 'Have more than thou showest, speak less than thou knowest'.

THE FOOL

• Loyal to Lear until his exit from the play.
• 'And I'll go to bed at noon'.
• Guides Lear on his journey to wisdom and recognition of goodness.
• 'why, to put his head in; not to give it away to his daughters.

KENT

• Unwavering content symbol of good.
• 'now, good my lord, lie here and rest awhile'.
• Recognises the goodness and purity of Cordelia.
• 'Thy youngest daughter does not love thee least'.
• Loyal to Lear from beginning to finish.

EDGAR

• Mirrors Cordelia; dutiful son. Capable of compassion and forgiveness.
• 'My father, poorly led? World, world, o world!'.
• Innate symbol of good. Constantly embodies the theme of goodness.
• 'How light and portable my pain seems now, when that which makes me bend makes the king bow'.
• In the end, Edgar as a symbol of good triumphs over the forces of evil.

ALBANY

• In the end Albany joins the forces of good.
• 'You are not worth the dust which the rude wind blows in your face'.
• Proves loyal to Lear,'A father and a gracious aged man'.

EVIL

• Forces that capture The fool and Gloucester
• Regan taking gloucesters eyes'.
• Misleads Goneril 'yours till the ranks of death'.

GONERIL

• Constant symbol of evil.
• Deceives her father,'I love you more than words can wield the matter'.
• Drives Lear to the point of insanity,
• Plots the murder of Regan and her husbands murder,
• 'If not I'll ne'er trust medicine'.

REGAN

• Reflective of Goneril,'I am made of that self same metal as my sister'.
• Provokes Lear into madness,'I'll see their trial first'.'i am a man more sinn'd against than sinning'.
• Vicious attack on Glouscester,'one side will mock another'.

CORNWALL

• Servants defeat the forces of evil because of attack of Glouscester.

EDMUND

• Mirrors Goneril and Regan,'in honour'd love'.
• Betrays Glouscester,'the younger rises when the old doth fall'.
• Ruthless and evil, power at all costs.
• 'I hope, for my brother's justification'.
• Misleads Goneril,'yours till the ranks of death'.