Connection: King LEar's Family and Food

-inspired by the depressingly empty kitchen in my house-

KING LEAR is a tall glass of milk. Healthy, delicious, strengthening. But it takes a loooooong time for the whole glass to be drunk, and eventually the milk goes bad, it looks awful, tastes awful, and would give you an upset stomach. But let's say your mother told you to drink the whole glass and you have to put up with it anyways. Just like King Lear, even though everyone knew he was no longer an effective leader, was still being tolerated by his court.

Regan and Goneril are Twinkies. All sweet fluffy and golden on the outside. And filled with delightful sugary cream on the inside.. or at least that's what you think... Then someone tells you that the nice whipped cream, the love for their father that fills them up, is actually animal fat, nasty... makes you feel good at first... but it's really just perniciously filling up your arteries bite after bite until the twinkie takes you down.. and all you see is the pretty Hostess sign... Buy more delicious Twinkies!

Cordelia is a healthy onion with a really pretty-colored peel. At first, King Lear sees her standing out and thinks of her as his favorite. Then he asks her, "how much do you love me?" He peels a layer off the onion to discover more. And Cordelia the onion is real and true to him but still angers him greatly... like a natural healthy onion makes you cry. As much as you hate having to know the real tear-jerking onion, she's actually really good for you... but you have to digest what she said.