The play “King Lear” by William Shakespeare is about the events that followed after King Lear split his kingdom among his daughters, based on how well they can verbally profess their love for him. Goneril is King Lear’s eldest daughter, Regan and Cordelia’s sister, and Albany’s wife. There are instances in the play wherein Goneril acts, just based on what she wants, and does not care for anything else other than her own wants and needs. When Lear asked his daughters to profess their love for him, Goneril was the first one who spoke, deceiving her father into thinking that she loved him “more than word can wield the matter.” (1.1.60-61) Although in reality, Goneril just flattered Lear in order to receive her inheritance. Lear, being oblivious of his daughter’ plan, believed her words and gave her one-third of his land and power (which later on became one-half because of Cordelia’s banishment). This just shows that Goneril will do anything, such as fool her father into thinking that she loved him as much as what she professed, in order to become more powerful. Once Goneril led half of the kingdom’s power, Lear was to live in each of his daughters’ castles, alternating between Goneril and Regan’s land after one month. In 1.3, Lear was staying at Goneril’s place, and the latter is annoyed at him, for the reasons stated in these lines: “By day and night he wrongs me. Every hour he lashes into one gross crime or other that sets us all at odds” (5-6). What Goneril did was, she