of the King. She truly loves her father and cares for his well being. Her refusal to profess her love for King Lear leads to her wearing a mask through his eyes. Instead of Lear seeing the loving and charitable daughter he has, he sees an evil fiend. He says to Cordelia, "The barbarous Scythian, Or he that makes his generation messes To gorge his appetite, shall to my bosom Be as well neighbor'd, pitied, and reliev'd As thou my sometimes daughter" (1.1.116-120). Cordelia is fitted with a mask by the King, and not by her choice. The King's refusal to see his daughter for who she really is, and replacing her loving person
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