females, however, were given the comic roles, with Cordelia’s exceptionally written character given similar prominence to Lear’s fool. According to this analysis, Shakespeare’s point of view was “necessarily male,” and that there was a challenging other that was female. The gender divide among Shakespeare’s characters offer critics with a different analysis into the genre-bending Shakespeare, who is often described as one of the most gender-sensitive playwrights of his time. According to Bamber, Shakespeare’s