COMPARISON OF

CHARACTERS OF KING
LEAR
* CORNWALL AND ALBANY

SIMILARITIES
BETWEEN THE
TWO
CHARACTERS
-> Son in laws of King Lear

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE

TWO CHARACTERS
ALBANY
-> Gonerils husband
-> Resist his wifes efforts to have Lear killed
-> Gentle and kind
-> Highly moral and humane individual

CORNWALL
-> Regans brutual husband
-> Easy acceptance of Edmunds story and
his
welcoming of Edmund into his clique
foreshadows the evil Cornwall.
-> Make no attempt to control his actions or
behave in a civilized manner

EXAMPLES
Albany

hesitates to confront Goneril when

he thinks shes wrong, but he is not the
willing participant in evil that Cornwall is.
Albany is genuinely shocked when he
learns of Gloucesters blinding, while
Cornwall easily succumbs to his depravity.

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