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Christianity- The Gentleman describes Cordelia's tears as holy water. At one point she says, "O dear father, it is thy business that I go about” which echoes Jesus' words, "I must go about my father’s business”.
Among the many characters in this section, Cordelia and Regan are the two major characters. They are opposites of each other; Cordelia has her father's best interest in mind, while Regan is consumed by greed and power.
Kent is talking to a Gentleman and hears that the king of France has gone back to his own country.
What do the weeds that covered Lear represent?
Why do you think Cordelia is so quick to help her father after all the mean things he said to her?
Kent asks how Cordelia reacted and he says that she kept her feelings under control. Kent says he is going to take the Gentleman to Lear. Cordelia learns that her father is hiding in weeds in a cornfield, singing to himself, and sends her soldiers to find him and bring him to her because she's worried about him. She asks a doctor if he will be insane forever. The doctor says he needs lots of rest. Then a messenger arrives and tells them that the British armies are marching toward them and Cordelia says she will use her army to protect Lear.
Madness- Cordelia says her father is as mad and deranged as a stormy sea.
Authority- Goneril has taken authority over Albany. She has a more powerful will and is the "better soldier" of the two, according to Oswald.
Plot
Back at Gloucester's castle, Oswald tells Regan that Albany's army has set out
after much reluctance. Regan is very interested in a letter that he was carrying from Goneril to Edmund. She assumes that the letter is about their love affair. Then Regan says that she and Edmund have already talked about the possibilities and it makes more sense for her and Edmund to be together because she is already a widow, and Goneril is still married. Regan tells Oswald to kill Gloucester if he finds him.
When Kent is talking to the Gentleman about Cordelia's response to the letter, he points to the stars, and says they have made the sisters so different from one another.
Sibling/Rivalry- All the sisters are against each other; Cordelia wants to protect Lear from Goneril and Regan. Goneril and Regan are competing against each other for Edmund