Feminism in Shakespeare

In Act one Scene one of King Lear, it can be read as a feminist text. This scene incorporates King Lear’s decision to retire. To divide his kingdom, he has his three daughters profess their love for him. The first two daughters, Goneril and Regan, said their lines first and profess of a great love for their father. These two were granted land. However, the third would not do the same as her sisters and therefore was given no land. In the last class, the professor discuss the significance of the fact that each daughter who receive a land was given it after giving their speeches. I think the first two sister is the stereotypical display of females in male writings. They seems to be dumb and were marry so in need of a man. While the last daughter Cordelia is the positives of female in male writing. She is smart, self-assure, and although she does have a husband by the end of the book. This style of writing is associated with the what Showalter describes as a part of women as a reader. A male agenda is cleverly display so a reader do not notices the uses of the word.