... that it supports structures of power and those who sabotage power will be punished. Lear's daughters Gonerill and Regan sabotage the power structure of the monarchy by falsely professing their love for their father in order to gain power and inheritance. The patriarchal society of the sixteen hundreds promoted the oppression of women and denied them the status and dignity that ... 's blindness due to his power is emphasised when he fails to see through the superficial and hyperbolic words of Gonerill when she says, "I love you more than eyesight, space and liberty-, yet is angered when C...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate