1. Symbolises
   1. Conscience
   2. social commentator
   3. truth teller
2. Lear
   1. Good son
      1. loyal
   2. Relationship
      1. close
      2. affectionate
      3. 'nuncle'
   3. when going mad
      1. calls to fool
      2. Considers servent's sufferings alongside own
   4. Critical
      1. "All thy other titles thou has given away, that thou was born with"
      2. Blunt
      3. Sarcastic
3. Comic relief
   1. Deep truths
      1. alert lear
         1. Goneral
         2. Regan
   2. uses
      1. songs
      2. riddles
      3. epigrams
4. Cordelia
   1. Pines
      1. Since my young lady's going into France, sir, the fool hath much pined away.
         1. knight
5. Disappearance
   1. Reasons
      1. no longer needed
      2. inappropriate
         1. bleak
         2. sad
      3. same actor
      4. Death
         1. "My poor fool hanged"