Cordelia

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Cordelia is the youngest daughter of King Lear in Shakespeare’s tragedy, renowned for her honesty, loyalty, and tragic fate.

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Label Occurrences
Cordelia canonical 10
Cordelia (indirectly referenced) 1
Cordelia’s exile 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Shakespearean character
fictional character
literary character
allies Earl of Kent
King of France
appearsIn King Lear
banishedBy King Lear
causeOfConflict refusal to exaggerate love for Lear
characterTrait compassionate
courageous
dutiful
honest
loyal
modest
truthful
creator William Shakespeare
deathCause hanging
deathIn King Lear
surface form: King Lear, Act V
enemy Duke of Albany
Duke of Cornwall
Goneril
Regan
familyName none
fate captured
executed in prison
father King Lear
fictionalUniverse King Lear
firstAppearance King Lear
surface form: King Lear, Act I, Scene 1
genreOfWork tragedy
givenName Cordelia self-link
goal to rescue King Lear
inherits no share of Lear’s kingdom
inspiredBy Cordelia in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae
languageOfWork English
maritalStatus married
medium stage play
nationality British
notableFor honest declaration of love to her father
refusal to flatter King Lear
tragic death
positionInFamily youngest daughter
returnsTo Britain with French army
royalStatus princess
sibling Goneril
Regan
spouse King of France
symbolism filial piety
redemptive love
truth
title Princess of Great Britain
surface form: Princess of Britain

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

King Lear mainCharacter Cordelia
King Lear plotElement Cordelia
this entity surface form: Cordelia’s exile
Delia diminutiveOf Cordelia
Cordelia’s Portion depicts Cordelia
Cordelia Scaife May givenName Cordelia
Cordelia givenName Cordelia self-link
Regan hasSister Cordelia
Regan conflictsWith Cordelia
The Fool speaksTo Cordelia
this entity surface form: Cordelia (indirectly referenced)
Goneril conflictWith Cordelia
Goneril associatedWith Cordelia