In King Lear by William Shakespeare, loyal characters, despite being mistreated and rejected, show authentic and ardent love towards their madmen in order to restore justice, peace and structure.Cordelia, Lear's youngest and favorite daughter, demonstrates genuine love towards her foolish and foolish father despite being banished and neglected for declaring her honest feelings and intentions to her father. In Act 1, as King Lear is dividing his great kingdom, he gives his three daughters the opportunity to profess their true love for him. The two eldest, Goneril and Regan, profess their false love by making lavish and phony speeches to inherit most of the land. However, King Lear's dearest daughter, Cordelia, simply neglects to make an unnecessary statement, stating her honest feelings towards her father. Cordelia states, “Unhappy that I am, I can't put my heart on my sleeve. I love Your Majesty according to my bond; neither more nor less” (Ii88-90.). Lear, who expected a grandiloquent profession from Cordelia, infuriates her and unjustly banishes her from h....