Think about it

Yesterday, in my tutorial class, Miss Kasthoori had asked us some question related to King Lear.

The first question that she had asked is about the character that I had favour the most in King Lear. Those question had never cross my mind before. Then, when i start to think about which character that I favour the most, one character comes to my mind is EDMUND. Edmund is the illegitimate son of Gloucester and always be refer as UNNATURAL and BASTARD.

He is the antagonist in the story who betray his own father for his own good. Despite of that, I always prefer him as an interesting character. Edmund never refer himself as "good for nothing" although he is the child out of wedlock. I really like his courage to fight for what he wants. He always the shrewd one, that comes with interesting idea to twist the truth. For example, he had made use of his father curiosity to turn Edgar(the natural son), to a villain. He is also manipulative and the fastest one to take advantage of the others. Other than that, he is able to make the two sisters, Regan and Goneril, fight over him and later being murdered commit suicide. He is a brilliant character. In the end of the story, he died because of the wound inflict by Edgar.

The second question that have been asked by Miss Kasthoori is, Do you like Cordelia? My obvious answer is, NO!!!
Some of my friends have develop the fondness towards this character because she have the courage in telling the truth. I don't think so. As for me, Cordelia is being unwise in expressing her feeling towards his father. She somehow state that her feeling towards his father is the obligation and was there because of the ties between her and Lear. I think she should find a better idea to show her appreciation towards his father rather than use such insignificant mark that later ignites Lear's rage.