LordGro
Since: May, 2010
Dec 27th 2014 at 1:50:15 AM
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Removed this for trope misuse. Cordelia *does* love her father; Lear just does not understand. In reality, there's nothing insulting or "brutal" about her answer.
- Brutal Honesty: When asked to describe her love for her father, Cordelia simply says she loves him "According to [her] bond, no more nor less." Lear is too arrogant and vain to appreciate Cordelia's sincerity and disowns her.
LordGro
Since: May, 2010
Dec 27th 2014 at 1:41:14 AM
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Removed this entry for trope misuse. Aluminium Christmas Trees is an element in a work from or about an older era which audiences interpret as fictitious, despite it being historically real (or plausible). Which has nothing to do with the ending of King Lear.
- Aluminum Christmas Trees: The original ending proved so unpopular, that less than a century after it was first put on, most stage versions reworked the play to have a happy ending.
While critics bashed it, the legend the play was originally based on virtually does have Cordelia live. In fact, her death was supposed to be a "twist" ending in Shakespeare's play.
- Well, kind of. In the earliest versions of the story, Cordelia does survive and become Queen - only to be overthrown, imprisoned, and driven to suicide by her nephews. Whereas the Nahum Tate reworking had her marrying Edgar - a character Shakespeare had invented, so decidedly NOT going back to the original - and living happily ever after.
SeptimusHeap
MOD
(Edited uphill both ways)
Dec 27th 2014 at 1:46:36 AM
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The trope actually does not require "an older era", just that audiences believe that a real thing is fictional. I don't think this is a good example either way, though.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Both examples seem to be shoehorned: Cordelia is executed, and Edmund is killed by Edgar in a duel, so neither actually wins. Edmund is also a villain.
- Youngest Child Wins:
- Cordelia is the only one of Lear's daughters who actually loves him enough not to demean him with flattery.
- Subverted with Edgar and Edmund - Edmund is younger than Edgar, so even if he wasn't born out of wedlock he still couldn't inherit Gloucester's land and title. Edgar is, however, the one who eventually foils his half-brother's schemes.
Let's just say and leave it at that.