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The Loathed Lady The play King Lear by William Shakespeare portrays the effects of villainy and ruthlessness. The decline of the kingdom and the lives of those involved in this tragedy begin when King Lear asks his three daughters Cordelia, Goneril, and Regan to profess their love to him. The amount of love that they claim to possess will in return reward them with a third of Lear’s kingdom. The oldest daughter Goneril goes …

…evilness reciprocates to destroy her in the end. She commits suicide after her sister, who is also her aid in her rise to power, dies from the poison Goneril gives to her. Goneril loses the love of Lear and her sister Cordelia. She loses the respect of her husband. Lastly, Goneril betrays her own sister with her selfishness. Her selfishness, ruthlessness, and ungratefulness do not get her far in her quest for happiness and power.