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Cordelia character profile - Coggle Diagram
Cordelia character profile
Virtuous
Paragon of virtue due to remarkable capacity of forgiveness and saintly humility
exemplifies best of human nature
"as pearls from diamons dropped" metaphor - desribed as jewels as shes precious and her sadness is beautiful
love test
conflicts with sisters display of false falttery of father to secure kingdom
chooses to "love and be silent" and stand against fathers foolish pride and sisters hypocritical nature
understands nature of love cannot be measured or quantified and reduced to mere words
"i cannot heave my heart into my mouth"
"i am sure my loves more ponderous than my tongue"
sets her apart as womoan of courage and integrity
forgivingness
rather than blaming lear for disowning her she is concerned for his well being "i prefer him to a better place"
"all you unpublished virtues / sping with my tears"
A05
'nothing'
"nothing, my lord" - she doesnt want anything more than she has
as a daughter/ relationship with lear
"you have begot me, bred me, loved me" - tripling and dynamic verbs, telling the truth and showing lear that she is grateful for his love in a simplistic manner
"love well our father" - stative verb - still wants lear to be cared for and asks sisters to love him, possessive pronoun shows she still sees him as a father depsite him disowning her as a daughter
as a woman
"i shall not be his wife" - possessive pronoun, strong willed and wont be with someone because they pity her or accept her at a lower price
some critics suggest her refusal to speak of flattery amd acceptance to marry france as defiance
in direct conflict with the patriarchy and refuses to submit to her fathers will, sperring on Goneril and Regan
nature
"sunshine and rain at once, her smile and tears" simile and juxtaposition - emotion compared to the elements, contrasting two emotions at once
"shes dead as the earth" simile - comapred to elements in her death, seen as a thing of nature so when she dies she goes straight back to the earth