In the fairy tale, Caporushes, told by Flora Annie, begins with a king who was left with his three daughters because his wife had died. The story begins very similar to that of King Lear in that both kings respectively ask their daughters who loves him more. In the case of Caporushes, his youngest daughter responds that she loves him as much as “fresh meat loves salt.” In both stories, the youngest daughter is seen as the most cunning and intelligent of the three girls. The beginning of the stories is also similar because once the king in Caporushes interprets that his daughter is not directly professing her love for him, he mercilessly banishes her from his kingdom, just like Lear did with his youngest daughter, Cordelia. What Caporushes owes to King Lear is that they both involve a king who has lost his sense of reality and does not make rational decisions. In King Lear, Lear is depicted as a king who has gone mad because of his power and his two eldest daughters attempt to take away all his remaining power. In the Caporushes, the king is rarely mentioned except at the beginning. Throughout the story, the youngest daughter receives the nickname "cap o' rushes" because she wears caps and rushes while cleaning the kitchen. His job was to clean all the dishes and make sure all the rooms in the castle were well maintained. Because her father had banned her from his home, she had nowhere to go. However, she finds a housekeeper who is willing to let her spend a night at a lodge if the Caporushes clean all the pots and pans and help her cook. While she is cleaning, she overhears that there will be a ball for her master's son. She is initially reluctant to dance at the ball, but a...... middle of paper......e is unfamiliar to her. The ending of the stories creates a world of contrasts. In the case of King Lear, Lear ends up dying because of the anguish caused by Cordelia's death. This shows the theme that the world is a cruel place in which people must overcome grief and sorrow, otherwise there will be only misery. In the case of the Caporushes, the rich gentleman realizes that meat and any type of food has no taste without salt. He refers to what his daughter had initially responded and realizes that the meat was an allusion to life in that life would be meaningless without love or, in this case, meat would be tasteless without salt. Caporushes highlights the theme that the function of words is crucial when it comes to relaying messages. In perspective, King Lear and Caporushes underlie the fact that humanity cannot resist the temptation of pride and public recognition..