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This character also shows how she can be a Christ-like figure. Cordelia can be a Christ-like figure through her actions, suffering and her righteous path. Furthermore, this significant character shows that she is similar to Christ through her actions and righteous acts. In act 4 of the play Cordelia has said while King Lear was resting; "Thy medicine on my lips, and let this kiss/ Repair those violent harms that my two sisters/ Have in thy reverence made” (Shakespeare 4.7:25-27). The significance of this quote shows that Cordelia is loyal to Lear regardless of how he treated her.
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