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Goneril

American  
[gon-er-il] / ˈgɒn ər ɪl /

noun

  1. (in Shakespeare'sKing Lear ) the elder of Lear's two faithless daughters.


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Nobody cheers for Goneril and Regan as they wreak destruction on their pitiable father.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

Most of those who resurrect her do so to account for the psychology of Goneril, Regan and Cordelia.

From Washington Post • Dec. 5, 2021

Jackson doesn’t think Goneril and Regan are “naturally evil.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2019

Goneril is a monster; Gargi is a capitalist.

From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2018

Lear had estranged the affection of Goneril and Regan through his partiality for Cordelia.

From The Moral Instruction of Children by Adler, Felix