Incest is defined as having sexual relations between persons so closely related that they are forbidden by law or religion to marry. Incest is sexual impurity. In William Shakespeare tragic play King Lear, Shakespeare proves Marina Leslie argument credible in the fact of Lear’s incestuous desires for his youngest daughter Cordelia. After reading the excerpts from Marina Leslie and King Lear by William Shakespeare, a question comes to mind was Leslie’s argument actually …showed first 75 words of 805 total…

…showed last 75 words of 805 total…think of having sexual relations with his daughter is definitely unauthodioxed. And it contradicts the law of nature for Lear to even consider Cordelia to be his daughter-mother/wife. Incest is not a confused expression of Love, it’s a brute exercise of power and control which is stated in Marina Leslia’s excerts. So as one can see love can become so strong that it can kill or even cause unlawful feelings between relatives.