Characters: Goneril (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards

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Goneril's role in King Lear

Central antagonist

Goneril's relationship to Lear

Eldest daughter

Goneril's two defining traits

Ambition and deceitfulness

How Goneril declares love for Lear

Exaggerated and insincere manner

Goneril's 3 personality traits

Ruthless, manipulative, power-hungry

2 additional traits of Goneril

Cunning and strategic

Who Goneril conspires with

Regan and Edmund

Goneril's view of husband Albany

Despises him for his honourable nature

Goneril's tragic flaw

Insatiable ambition

Goneril's ultimate fate

Murders Regan, then commits suicide

Lear calls Goneril a...

Marble-hearted fiend

What drives Goneril's internal conflict

Relentless pursuit of power

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