King Lear Connection

In class, we just finished reading King Lear by William Shakespeare. I love anything by Shakespeare! He is so wonderful.

In relation to my Big Question, I looked at the character Cordelia, Lear's youngest daughter. While her evil sisters, Goneril and Regan brown nose to their father to gain his land, only to exile Lear and take literally everything from him, Cordelia does not suck-up to her father. She only states her honest and pure love for her father. But Lear does not thinks she does not love him, and therefore she is exiled.

But it took a lot of courage to stand alone in saying that she truly loved her father, while her sisters lied. She did the right thing while others did wrong.

Here is a song from Othello by Shakespeare that I think relates to King Lear in many ways. I hope you enjoy it! It's called "Willow, Willow".

http://www.shakesongs.com/player/player.htm

And here's a little cartoon for your enjoyment. Of course, it's much funnier if you've already read the play :)

http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/jsi0016l.jpg