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It's a radical thought, but not a new one. I believe she never went to France but stayed behind and served her father disguised as his Fool. At the end of the play when Lear is holding his dead daughter he exclaims "And my poor Fool is hanged...."
I have written a book _Cordelia, King Lear and His Fool_ which you might get your librarian to order.
Posted by Bob on April 22, 1997 at 01:25:41
In Reply to "Information on the relationship between Kent and the Fool in King Lear" posted by Al Siffer on April 10, 1997 at 19:53:26
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