Shakespeare's use of women in his plays has been met with both criticism and praise. Without a doubt, Shakespeare created characters full of life and realism that are true to both female and male characters. The three women in King Lear, King Lear's daughters, all have personalities that are quite unique from each other. Cordelia is the least similar to the other sisters being a fairly moral character, while Goneril and Regan are the definitive villains of the play (along with Edmund). Even so, Shakespeare provides a small amount of sympathy for the sisters as King Lear is shown to be a rather stubborn character himself towards his daughters, especially towards Cordelia who is in exile. The sisters, mainly Goneril and Regan, as they play important roles, the relationships between them show that Shakespeare can write deep female characters, without resorting to too many annoying clichés (historical or even modern). There are still some points that can be seen as problems from a modern point of view in King Lear and in the way Shakespeare wrote Goneril. The first and most obvious was when the two sisters admitted their plans to deceive their father and take his power from each other. The kind of bond that can only be had between two close brothers or best friends, when the moment they're alone they both admit they've been plotting the same thing, to the point where they both plan to take the rest of their father's power. Then the plan to slowly take away his father's train, sending it from one of their holds to the others, complaining about how much of a burden it is. Their efficiency in bringing down King Lear's train, while the sister teams up against the feeble-minded (due to age) father, shows their connection, but the most basic part of their