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She rebels against her father's wishes. She tells the truth, but
that's irrelevant. Even though Lear starts the problem by
treating her as a favourite and alienating the other two, what
do we see in Cordelia that shows her as such a goddess? By the
standards of the time, a non-submissive woman, and it has to be
said that the sisters have NOT rebelled visibly at the point that
Cordelia refuses to speak, so SHE starts the process of
rebellion. It's very superficial to accept that she's so great.
I think we need to question Cordelia a lot more - she has a lot
to answer for!Posted by Chris Clark on May 25, 1997 at 14:50:20
In Reply to "I'm sorry, but you are wrong." posted by Mateo on March 19, 1997 at 18:35:25
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