Shakespeare's use of women in his plays has attracted both criticism and praise. Without a doubt, Shakespeare created characters full of life and realism, true to both female and male characters. The three wives of King Lear, the daughters of King Lear, all have personalities that are quite unique from each other. Cordelia is the least like the other sisters being a fairly moral character, while Goneril and Regan are the definitive villains of the piece (along with Edmund). Despite this, Shakespeare provides a small amount of sympathy for the sisters, as King Lear himself proves to be quite a stubborn character towards his daughters, particularly towards Cordelia who is exiled. The sisters, mainly Goneril and Regan since they play big roles, their relationships with each other show that Shakespeare can write deep female characters, without resorting to too many embarrassing clichés (historical or even modern). There are still a few points that can be seen as problems from a modern perspective in King Lear and the way Shakespeare wrote Goneril. The first and most obvious being when both sisters admitted their plans to deceive their father and seize his power from each other. The kind of bond that can only exist between two close siblings or best friends, when the moment they are alone, they both admit that they had been plotting the same thing, to the point where they consider both of them to take the rest of their father. power. Then the plan to gradually remove their father's train, as they send it from one of their holds to the others, all the while complaining about its weight. Their effectiveness in wrecking King Lear's train, while the sister teamed up against their weak-minded father (due to his age), shows their bond, but the most fundamental part of their