Goneril and Regan play the other side of the coin, taking advantage of Lear in his weakened state rather than caring for him. Manipulating his unstable emotions at the beginning for their own gain then evicting him upon finding his behaviour tiresome, Lear’s eldest daughters have no sympathy for their father and choose to look out for themselves alone. The first hint of their intentions appears at the end of the very first scene, where Goneril notes to Regan, “You see how full of changes his age is; the observation we have made of it hath not been little … The best and soundest of his time hath been but rash; then must we look to receive from his age, not alone the imperfections of long-engraffed condition, but therewithal the unruly waywardness that infirm and choleric years bring with them” (1.1.294-300) only to come to the conclusion that they must “hit together” (1.1.304) to avoid any great inconvenience to themselves. While their callous actions may and have been interpreted as retribution for long being second to their youngest sister, their perspective is not openly meant to be empathized with. Lear’s favouritism is not intended to sway the audience’s sympathy for him or to significantly alter their perception of him as a fundamentally good man. In this way the play once again reinforces the randomness of suffering. Lear’s demise at the hands of his daughters parallels the cruelties of society and its distaste towards weakness, scorn undeserved and yet inevitable, as created by ourselves as it is unwarranted.