"In King Lear The Villainous Characters Hold More Fascination For The Audience Than The Virtuous Ones"

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and asks ‘which one of you shall we say doth loves us most?’ this begins a love test and conflict between the three daughters. Goneril is the first to answer and appeals to Lear's vanity while stating she loves him ‘more than words can wield the matter’. In reality she has shown a façade, behind which she now plots to bring down her father and take control with her sister Regan. She then proceeds to tell her younger sister regan after that her father is of ‘poor judgment’ and ‘unruly waywardness’ and she is now conspiring to further undermine him when she says ‘pray you. Let’s hit together’. This is extremely fascinating in the way that a child could be so scheming against her own loving father and what is also equally intriguing is that Lear's other daughter Regan can go along with this so easily. This could show either both the sisters corruption towards ambition and power or it could show that Goneril is the dominant sister and that she has some sort ...

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just as evil and is certainly Carole of cruel and villainous acts. The two women are very much alike in their actions and have zero empathy or conflict conscience. In my opinion Reagan is slightly more dominated by her elder sister Goneril. When she tells to her father in the opening scene that she is made of the same ‘self metal’ as her sister she does not mean what Lear might interpret this as but instead she is referring to their plot to insight their own fathers downfall. They are both equally evil as they both set out to nothing nothing. She tries to imply in the love test that Goneril's expression of love for Lear ‘comes to short’ which is an early indication that there will ...

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