Throughout the play, King Lear, we are awaiting to see the reunion of Lear and his daughter Cordelia. In the begining of the play Lear wrongfully disowns Cordelia because he does not get the flattery from her that he wishes to hear. However, through much torment after he is reduced to nothing, Lear realizes that he cannot always get what he wants just because he is a king. "Upon such sacrifices, my Cordelia, The gods themselves throw incense. Have I caught thee? He that parts us shall bring a brand from heaven And fire us hence like foxes. Wipe thine...
in Act 4, she excuses her father"s behavior by saying "No cause, no cause."

In the scene where they are again reunited, Lear is brought to Cordelia by her men. He only half recognizes her. He says that he knows now that he is senile and not in his right mind, and he assumes that Cordelia hates him and wants to kill him just as her sisters do. Cordelia so gracefully tells him she forgives him for her banishment. Its really only one of the happier events in the book, an event you had been waiting for, for sometime.