The Story of King Lear suggests a feminist thinking. When King Lear decides to give up his kingship to his 3 daughters, he wants to hear how much they love him. His two daughters giving into his game kiss up to him, flattering him by saying that they love him more than anything else in the world. His 3rd and youngest daughter Cordelia, who seems to love the most, announces that she does not have words to describe the love she has for her father. Her father wants to hear what she has to say and presses her but she confesses that she cannot “heave her heart into her mouth,” (I.i. 93-94). She states that she loves him as much as any daughter can love her father. She continues to attempt to justify what she says by saying, “Why have my sisters husbands, if they say they love you all?” (I.i. 102-103). However, the fact that Cordelia tries to protect herself, by giving into this trick of bending backwards for the highest male figure—she is instead revoked and punished. In response, King Lear gets angry, and takes the inheritance she was supposed to gain, and gives it to her two sisters who gave into the King’s request.
Scene 1 in Act 1 suggests that woman had very little power, and they must given into the men that they were surrounded with in order to keep their status and their inheritance. Without giving into the requests of the King, a woman is nothing.
Scene 1 in Act 1 suggests that woman had very little power, and they must given into the men that they were surrounded with in order to keep their status and their inheritance. Without giving into the requests of the King, a woman is nothing.
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