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    What does the name "Goneril" mean?

    Question #69766. Asked by Priscilla9. (Aug 16 06 7:12 PM)


    gdec1

    		I couldn't find the etymology of Goneril. In King Lear Albany says to Goneril:
    "Shut your mouth, dame, Or with this paper shall I stop it: Hold, sir: Thou worse than any name, read thine own evil"
    Yet this can't be the origin of the term. The only possibility - and I still think it's highly unlikely - would be that Shakepeare intended a pun on Goneril / Gomeril (Old Scots for a fool, a simpleton.)

    Aug 16 06, 7:29 PM
    niale

    		I don't know if this has any relationship to that name, but I found this page when I typed in 'Goneril'.
    Maybe it's an alternate form? I dunno. Anyways check it out, though!

    http://www.answers.com/topic/king-lear

    Aug 16 06, 7:36 PM
    Priscilla9

    		Thanks guys! It is a tricky one!

    Aug 20 06, 4:35 PM

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