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1. Cordelia

Gloucester's Younger - Illegitimate Son. Edmund Resets His Status As A Bastard And Schemes To Usurp Gloucester's Title And Possessions From Edgar. He Is A Formidable Character - Succeeding In Almost All Of His Schemes And Wreaking Destruction Upon Virtually All Of The Other Characters.Lear's Youngest Daughter - Disowned By Her Father For Refusing To Flatter Him. Cordelia Is Held In Extremely High Regard By All Of The Good Characters Of The Play - The King Of France Marries Her For Her Virtue Alone - Overlooking Her Lack Of Dowry. She Remains Loyal To Lear Despite His Cruelty Toward Her - Forgives Him - And Displays A Mild And Forbearing Temperament Even Toward Her Evil Sisters - General And Regan.Lear's Ruthless Oldest Daughter And The Wife Of The Duke Of Albany. General Is Jealous - Treacherous - And Amoral. Shakespeare's Audience Would Have Been Particularly Shocked At Goneril's Aggressiveness - A Quality That It Would Not Have Expected In A Female Character. She Challenges Lear's Authority - Boldly Initiates In Affair With Edmund - And Wrests Military Power Away From Her Husband.A Nobleman Of The Same Rank As Gloucester Who Is Loyal To King Lear. Kent Spends Most Of The Play Disguised As A Peasant - Calling Himself "Caius - " So That He Ca Continue To Serve Lear Even After Lear Banishes Him. He Is Extremely Loyal - But He Gets Himself Into Trouble Throughout The Play By Being Extremely Blunt And Outspoken.

2. Kent

Lear's Ruthless Oldest Daughter And The Wife Of The Duke Of Albany. General Is Jealous - Treacherous - And Amoral. Shakespeare's Audience Would Have Been Particularly Shocked At Goneril's Aggressiveness - A Quality That It Would Not Have Expected In A Female Character. She Challenges Lear's Authority - Boldly Initiates In Affair With Edmund - And Wrests Military Power Away From Her Husband.Gloucester's Younger - Illegitimate Son. Edmund Resets His Status As A Bastard And Schemes To Usurp Gloucester's Title And Possessions From Edgar. He Is A Formidable Character - Succeeding In Almost All Of His Schemes And Wreaking Destruction Upon Virtually All Of The Other Characters.Lear's Youngest Daughter - Disowned By Her Father For Refusing To Flatter Him. Cordelia Is Held In Extremely High Regard By All Of The Good Characters Of The Play - The King Of France Marries Her For Her Virtue Alone - Overlooking Her Lack Of Dowry. She Remains Loyal To Lear Despite His Cruelty Toward Her - Forgives Him - And Displays A Mild And Forbearing Temperament Even Toward Her Evil Sisters - General And Regan.A Nobleman Of The Same Rank As Gloucester Who Is Loyal To King Lear. Kent Spends Most Of The Play Disguised As A Peasant - Calling Himself "Caius - " So That He Ca Continue To Serve Lear Even After Lear Banishes Him. He Is Extremely Loyal - But He Gets Himself Into Trouble Throughout The Play By Being Extremely Blunt And Outspoken.

3. Edmund

Gloucester's Younger - Illegitimate Son. Edmund Resets His Status As A Bastard And Schemes To Usurp Gloucester's Title And Possessions From Edgar. He Is A Formidable Character - Succeeding In Almost All Of His Schemes And Wreaking Destruction Upon Virtually All Of The Other Characters.Lear's Youngest Daughter - Disowned By Her Father For Refusing To Flatter Him. Cordelia Is Held In Extremely High Regard By All Of The Good Characters Of The Play - The King Of France Marries Her For Her Virtue Alone - Overlooking Her Lack Of Dowry. She Remains Loyal To Lear Despite His Cruelty Toward Her - Forgives Him - And Displays A Mild And Forbearing Temperament Even Toward Her Evil Sisters - General And Regan.A Nobleman Of The Same Rank As Gloucester Who Is Loyal To King Lear. Kent Spends Most Of The Play Disguised As A Peasant - Calling Himself "Caius - " So That He Ca Continue To Serve Lear Even After Lear Banishes Him. He Is Extremely Loyal - But He Gets Himself Into Trouble Throughout The Play By Being Extremely Blunt And Outspoken.Lear's Ruthless Oldest Daughter And The Wife Of The Duke Of Albany. General Is Jealous - Treacherous - And Amoral. Shakespeare's Audience Would Have Been Particularly Shocked At Goneril's Aggressiveness - A Quality That It Would Not Have Expected In A Female Character. She Challenges Lear's Authority - Boldly Initiates In Affair With Edmund - And Wrests Military Power Away From Her Husband.

4. Goneril

Lear's Youngest Daughter - Disowned By Her Father For Refusing To Flatter Him. Cordelia Is Held In Extremely High Regard By All Of The Good Characters Of The Play - The King Of France Marries Her For Her Virtue Alone - Overlooking Her Lack Of Dowry. She Remains Loyal To Lear Despite His Cruelty Toward Her - Forgives Him - And Displays A Mild And Forbearing Temperament Even Toward Her Evil Sisters - General And Regan.Lear's Ruthless Oldest Daughter And The Wife Of The Duke Of Albany. General Is Jealous - Treacherous - And Amoral. Shakespeare's Audience Would Have Been Particularly Shocked At Goneril's Aggressiveness - A Quality That It Would Not Have Expected In A Female Character. She Challenges Lear's Authority - Boldly Initiates In Affair With Edmund - And Wrests Military Power Away From Her Husband.Gloucester's Younger - Illegitimate Son. Edmund Resets His Status As A Bastard And Schemes To Usurp Gloucester's Title And Possessions From Edgar. He Is A Formidable Character - Succeeding In Almost All Of His Schemes And Wreaking Destruction Upon Virtually All Of The Other Characters.A Nobleman Of The Same Rank As Gloucester Who Is Loyal To King Lear. Kent Spends Most Of The Play Disguised As A Peasant - Calling Himself "Caius - " So That He Ca Continue To Serve Lear Even After Lear Banishes Him. He Is Extremely Loyal - But He Gets Himself Into Trouble Throughout The Play By Being Extremely Blunt And Outspoken.

5. Albany

Gloucester's Younger - Illegitimate Son. Edmund Resets His Status As A Bastard And Schemes To Usurp Gloucester's Title And Possessions From Edgar. He Is A Formidable Character - Succeeding In Almost All Of His Schemes And Wreaking Destruction Upon Virtually All Of The Other Characters.The Husband Of Lear's Daughter General. Albany Is Good At Heart - And He Eventually Denounces And Opposes The Cruel Of General - Regan - And Cornwall. Yet He Is Indecisive And Lacks Foresight - Realizing The Evil Of His Allies Quite Late In The Play.A Nobleman Of The Same Rank As Gloucester Who Is Loyal To King Lear. Kent Spends Most Of The Play Disguised As A Peasant - Calling Himself "Caius - " So That He Ca Continue To Serve Lear Even After Lear Banishes Him. He Is Extremely Loyal - But He Gets Himself Into Trouble Throughout The Play By Being Extremely Blunt And Outspoken.Lear's Youngest Daughter - Disowned By Her Father For Refusing To Flatter Him. Cordelia Is Held In Extremely High Regard By All Of The Good Characters Of The Play - The King Of France Marries Her For Her Virtue Alone - Overlooking Her Lack Of Dowry. She Remains Loyal To Lear Despite His Cruelty Toward Her - Forgives Him - And Displays A Mild And Forbearing Temperament Even Toward Her Evil Sisters - General And Regan.

6. Gloucester

A Nobleman Of The Same Rank As Gloucester Who Is Loyal To King Lear. Kent Spends Most Of The Play Disguised As A Peasant - Calling Himself "Caius - " So That He Ca Continue To Serve Lear Even After Lear Banishes Him. He Is Extremely Loyal - But He Gets Himself Into Trouble Throughout The Play By Being Extremely Blunt And Outspoken.Gloucester's Younger - Illegitimate Son. Edmund Resets His Status As A Bastard And Schemes To Usurp Gloucester's Title And Possessions From Edgar. He Is A Formidable Character - Succeeding In Almost All Of His Schemes And Wreaking Destruction Upon Virtually All Of The Other Characters.A Nobleman Loyal To King Lear Whose Rank - Earl - Is Below That Of Duke. The First Thing We Learn About Gloucester Is That He Is An Adulterer - Having Fathered A Bastard Son - Edmund. His Fate Is In Many Ways Parallel To That Of Lear: He Misjudges Which Of His Children To Trust. He Appears Weak And Ineffectual In The Early Acts - When He Is Unable To Prevent Lear From Being Turned Out Of His Own House - But He Later Demonstrates That He Is Also Capable Of Great Bravery.Lear's Youngest Daughter - Disowned By Her Father For Refusing To Flatter Him. Cordelia Is Held In Extremely High Regard By All Of The Good Characters Of The Play - The King Of France Marries Her For Her Virtue Alone - Overlooking Her Lack Of Dowry. She Remains Loyal To Lear Despite His Cruelty Toward Her - Forgives Him - And Displays A Mild And Forbearing Temperament Even Toward Her Evil Sisters - General And Regan.

7. Regan

A Nobleman Of The Same Rank As Gloucester Who Is Loyal To King Lear. Kent Spends Most Of The Play Disguised As A Peasant - Calling Himself "Caius - " So That He Ca Continue To Serve Lear Even After Lear Banishes Him. He Is Extremely Loyal - But He Gets Himself Into Trouble Throughout The Play By Being Extremely Blunt And Outspoken.Lear's Youngest Daughter - Disowned By Her Father For Refusing To Flatter Him. Cordelia Is Held In Extremely High Regard By All Of The Good Characters Of The Play - The King Of France Marries Her For Her Virtue Alone - Overlooking Her Lack Of Dowry. She Remains Loyal To Lear Despite His Cruelty Toward Her - Forgives Him - And Displays A Mild And Forbearing Temperament Even Toward Her Evil Sisters - General And Regan.Gloucester's Younger - Illegitimate Son. Edmund Resets His Status As A Bastard And Schemes To Usurp Gloucester's Title And Possessions From Edgar. He Is A Formidable Character - Succeeding In Almost All Of His Schemes And Wreaking Destruction Upon Virtually All Of The Other Characters.Lear's Middle Daughter And The Wife Of The Duke Of Cornwall. Tegan Is As Ruthless As Goneril And As Aggressive In All The Same Ways. In Fact - It Is Difficult To Think Of Any Quality That Distinguishes Her From Her Sister. When They Are Not Egging Each Other On To Further Acts Of Cruelty - They Jealously Compete For The Same Man - Edmund.

8. Cornwall

Lear's Youngest Daughter - Disowned By Her Father For Refusing To Flatter Him. Cordelia Is Held In Extremely High Regard By All Of The Good Characters Of The Play - The King Of France Marries Her For Her Virtue Alone - Overlooking Her Lack Of Dowry. She Remains Loyal To Lear Despite His Cruelty Toward Her - Forgives Him - And Displays A Mild And Forbearing Temperament Even Toward Her Evil Sisters - General And Regan.The Husband Of Lear's Daughter Regan. Unlike - Albany - Cornwall Is Domineering - Cruel - And Violent - And He Works With His Wife And Sister-in-law General To Persecute Lear And Gloucester.Gloucester's Younger - Illegitimate Son. Edmund Resets His Status As A Bastard And Schemes To Usurp Gloucester's Title And Possessions From Edgar. He Is A Formidable Character - Succeeding In Almost All Of His Schemes And Wreaking Destruction Upon Virtually All Of The Other Characters.A Nobleman Of The Same Rank As Gloucester Who Is Loyal To King Lear. Kent Spends Most Of The Play Disguised As A Peasant - Calling Himself "Caius - " So That He Ca Continue To Serve Lear Even After Lear Banishes Him. He Is Extremely Loyal - But He Gets Himself Into Trouble Throughout The Play By Being Extremely Blunt And Outspoken.

9. Edgar

A Nobleman Of The Same Rank As Gloucester Who Is Loyal To King Lear. Kent Spends Most Of The Play Disguised As A Peasant - Calling Himself "Caius - " So That He Ca Continue To Serve Lear Even After Lear Banishes Him. He Is Extremely Loyal - But He Gets Himself Into Trouble Throughout The Play By Being Extremely Blunt And Outspoken.Gloucester's Older - Legitimate Son - Edgar Plays Many Different Roles - Starting Out As A Gullible Fool Easily Tricked By His Brother - Then Assuming A Disguise As A Mad Beggar To Evade His Father's Men - Then Carryinglear And Gloucester - And Finally Appearing As An Armored Champion To Avenge His Brother's Treason. Edgar's Propensity For Disguises And Impersonations Make It Difficult To Characterize Him Effectively.Gloucester's Younger - Illegitimate Son. Edmund Resets His Status As A Bastard And Schemes To Usurp Gloucester's Title And Possessions From Edgar. He Is A Formidable Character - Succeeding In Almost All Of His Schemes And Wreaking Destruction Upon Virtually All Of The Other Characters.Lear's Youngest Daughter - Disowned By Her Father For Refusing To Flatter Him. Cordelia Is Held In Extremely High Regard By All Of The Good Characters Of The Play - The King Of France Marries Her For Her Virtue Alone - Overlooking Her Lack Of Dowry. She Remains Loyal To Lear Despite His Cruelty Toward Her - Forgives Him - And Displays A Mild And Forbearing Temperament Even Toward Her Evil Sisters - General And Regan.

10. Oswald

A Nobleman Of The Same Rank As Gloucester Who Is Loyal To King Lear. Kent Spends Most Of The Play Disguised As A Peasant - Calling Himself "Caius - " So That He Ca Continue To Serve Lear Even After Lear Banishes Him. He Is Extremely Loyal - But He Gets Himself Into Trouble Throughout The Play By Being Extremely Blunt And Outspoken.The Steward - Or Chief Servant - In Goneril's House. Oswald Obeys His Mistress's Commands And Helps Her In Her Conspiracies.Lear's Youngest Daughter - Disowned By Her Father For Refusing To Flatter Him. Cordelia Is Held In Extremely High Regard By All Of The Good Characters Of The Play - The King Of France Marries Her For Her Virtue Alone - Overlooking Her Lack Of Dowry. She Remains Loyal To Lear Despite His Cruelty Toward Her - Forgives Him - And Displays A Mild And Forbearing Temperament Even Toward Her Evil Sisters - General And Regan.Gloucester's Younger - Illegitimate Son. Edmund Resets His Status As A Bastard And Schemes To Usurp Gloucester's Title And Possessions From Edgar. He Is A Formidable Character - Succeeding In Almost All Of His Schemes And Wreaking Destruction Upon Virtually All Of The Other Characters.

11. Fool

Lear's Jester - Who Uses Double-talk And Seemingly Frivolous Songs To Give Lear Important Advice.Lear's Youngest Daughter - Disowned By Her Father For Refusing To Flatter Him. Cordelia Is Held In Extremely High Regard By All Of The Good Characters Of The Play - The King Of France Marries Her For Her Virtue Alone - Overlooking Her Lack Of Dowry. She Remains Loyal To Lear Despite His Cruelty Toward Her - Forgives Him - And Displays A Mild And Forbearing Temperament Even Toward Her Evil Sisters - General And Regan.Gloucester's Younger - Illegitimate Son. Edmund Resets His Status As A Bastard And Schemes To Usurp Gloucester's Title And Possessions From Edgar. He Is A Formidable Character - Succeeding In Almost All Of His Schemes And Wreaking Destruction Upon Virtually All Of The Other Characters.A Nobleman Of The Same Rank As Gloucester Who Is Loyal To King Lear. Kent Spends Most Of The Play Disguised As A Peasant - Calling Himself "Caius - " So That He Ca Continue To Serve Lear Even After Lear Banishes Him. He Is Extremely Loyal - But He Gets Himself Into Trouble Throughout The Play By Being Extremely Blunt And Outspoken.

12. King Lear

Gloucester's Younger - Illegitimate Son. Edmund Resets His Status As A Bastard And Schemes To Usurp Gloucester's Title And Possessions From Edgar. He Is A Formidable Character - Succeeding In Almost All Of His Schemes And Wreaking Destruction Upon Virtually All Of The Other Characters.A Nobleman Of The Same Rank As Gloucester Who Is Loyal To King Lear. Kent Spends Most Of The Play Disguised As A Peasant - Calling Himself "Caius - " So That He Ca Continue To Serve Lear Even After Lear Banishes Him. He Is Extremely Loyal - But He Gets Himself Into Trouble Throughout The Play By Being Extremely Blunt And Outspoken.The Aging King Of British And The Protagonist Of The Play. Lear Is Used To Enjoying Absolute Power And To Being Flattered - And He Does Not Respond Well To Being Contradicted Or Challenged. At The Beginning Of The Play - He Values Are Notably - Hollow He Prioritizes The Appearance Of Love Over Actual Devotion And Wishes To Maintain The Power Of A King While Unburdening Himself Of The Responsibility. Nevertheless - He Inspires Loyal In Subjects Such As Gloucester - Kent - Cordelia - And Edgar - All Of Whom Risk Their Lives For Him.Lear's Youngest Daughter - Disowned By Her Father For Refusing To Flatter Him. Cordelia Is Held In Extremely High Regard By All Of The Good Characters Of The Play - The King Of France Marries Her For Her Virtue Alone - Overlooking Her Lack Of Dowry. She Remains Loyal To Lear Despite His Cruelty Toward Her - Forgives Him - And Displays A Mild And Forbearing Temperament Even Toward Her Evil Sisters - General And Regan.

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