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Goneril's role in King Lear

Central antagonist

Goneril's relation to King Lear

Eldest daughter

Goneril's key character traits

Ambition and deceitfulness

How Goneril declares love for Lear

Exaggerated and insincere manner

Goneril's personality: ruthless, manipulative, and...

Power-hungry

Goneril is also cunning and...

Strategic

Who Goneril conspires with

Regan and Edmund

What drives Goneril's internal conflict

Relentless pursuit of power

How Goneril treats Lear after gaining power

With cruelty

Lear's description: marble-hearted...

Fiend

Why Goneril despises Albany

For his honourable nature

Who Goneril has an affair with

Edmund

Goneril's tragic flaw

Insatiable ambition

Goneril's ultimate fate

Murders Regan, commits suicide

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