During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, this tragic ending was much criticised and alternative versions were written and performed, in which the leading characters survived and Edgar and Cordelia were married ( despite the fact that Cordelia was already betrothed to the King of France ).

During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the Biblical statement attributed to Noah that " God shall enlarge Japheth " ( Genesis 9: 27 ) was used by some preachers as a justification for the " enlargement " of European territories through Imperialism, which they interpreted as part of God's plan for the world.

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