In Titus Andronicus and King Lear, words are seemingly lessened to nothing and bodies are degraded to unhappiness. ... Like Lavinia, Cordelia is placed in a social predicament at the beginning of Act I in King Lear. According to King Lear, she is his favorite daughter; one whom he intended "to set my rest/On her kind nursery" (1.1.123-4). ... King Lear may speak of Cordelia as his most adored, his way of treating her is soon altered. ... After King Lear's love-test, he shames Cordelia while conversing with Burgundy because he finds that "now her price has fallen" (1.1.200). ...

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