What is the tragic flaw in the character of Cordelia William Shakespeare wrote King Lear between and Cordelia the youngest daughter of King Lear is pure and honest Yet her honesty becomes her tragic flaw Her silence and pride bring pain and death for herself and her father Silence Before the King Cordelia refuses to flatter her father When Lear asks for words of love she calmly says Nothing will come of nothing Speak again Her silence is truthful but dangerous Lear mistakes it for coldness Her quiet nature makes her lose her father s love and her royal fortune Pride in Truth Cordelia s truth is noble but proud She cannot pretend like her sisters She says she loves her father no more nor less Her pride in truth blinds her to Lear s feelings This pride brings her exile and opens the door for evil to grow Failure