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moral or immoral or good-hearted, they are all impacted. In King Lear, individuals such as Gloucester, Edgar and Lear all suffer. Gloucester suffers due to his flaw of gullibility which causes him to misjudge Edgar and trust Edmund. Lear suffers psychologically due to the poor mistreatment by his malicious daughters. His inability to cope with his daughters shocking behavior leads to hate and anger resulting in his “wits to turn” (King Lear III ii 73). Lear’s resentment towards his daughters’ betrayal

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The first time we see blindness is with King Lear, in the very first scene of the play. King Lear is attempting to divide the kingdom between his three daughters. However Lear is blind to the fact that his two eldest daughters are deceiving, while his youngest daughter, whom he has banished, actually loved him the most. Lear is blind to their deception, and makes the mistake of splitting his kingdom between Goneril and Regan, this will eventually cause Lear to lose

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general. Is it possible that Lear is only being prideful and conceited? Or is he so unaware of his surroundings that he does not notice the obvious deceit of his two eldest daughters or the uncomfortable position in which he has placed his favorite daughter Cordelia? Some commentators have defended Lear while others have blamed him, Gonoril and Regan, or even Cordelia for the suffering caused throughout his kingdom. J. W. Ashton, in his article “The Wrath of King Lear,” Journal of English and Germanic

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debate and discussion. This specifically can be applied to many variant situations in life, mind, and tales. Looking through major works of successful and noted writers, I believe the perspective quote can be suited quite well with the known work of King Lear by famous writer, William Shakespeare. Before we touch subject on the work of Shakespeare, I must expand on the quote itself to

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book “King Lear”, William Shakespeare introduces readers to the theme of loyalty. Loyalty is displayed through actions rather than words, and it is vividly portrayed in the actions of three particular characters, Cordelia, Kent, and the Fool. Although King Lear mistreated these characters, they were the main characters in the book that demonstrated the utmost loyalty towards the King despite his cruel actions towards them. Throughout the entirety of the book, these characters loyalty for King Lear

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rational manor. All throughout King Lear, Shakespeare plays with the ideas of madness and sanity and how they intertwine. William Shakespeare’s message regarding madness and sanity is that a sane person can make mad decisions and a mad person can show sanity and wisdom.To begin King Lear and Gloucester both made mad decisions while being sane. For example, when Cordelia cannot express her love for King Lear, he banishes her. The previous example occurs when King Lear is still sane and shows madness

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ignorance of the situation eventually ruins both his and Edgar’s life, and that exhibits the prevalent theme of King Lear that blindness to the truth can destroy lives.As the story progresses, the theme of blind trust continues. Edgar lives in disguise to escape his father’s wrath, and the lives of all the characters continuously worsen due to King Lear and Gloucester’s ignorance. Lear gets kicked out of his kingdom and lives as a homeless man and Edgar disguises himself as “Poor Tom” pretends to

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continual theme throughout King Lear is loyalty or the misconception of faithfulness. Devotion is difficult to find even among those closest to you. Loyalty is exhibited not only with words but through actions. King Lear initially misconvieces this notion but with development comes to this realization at the end of the play. Loyalty is seen throughout the characters of Cordelia, the Fool, and Kent. Without deviation, these characters offered and displayed loyalty for King Lear in every scenario, even

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When Lear says, “I am a man more sinned against than sinning” (3,2, 58-59), he thinks that other people have done him more wrong than he has done wrong himself. I do not agree that King Lear has been more sinned against than sinning. The irrational actions he makes himself and his fatal flaws is what leads to other people doing him wrong.His “sinning” is shown when he divides the kingdom, disowns Cordelia, banishes Kent and disrespects his daughters. He made his big mistake when he gave away all

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First of all, King Lear is a dynamic character as his character is a fluid one and it can be justified by examining King Lear’s three prominent character traits - blindness/poor judgement, arrogance and being idolized. Firstly, King Lear’s main character trait that causes the bulk of his problems within the play is his blindness/poor judgement. King Lear holds this trait for the most part of the play, but he does lose this trait of blindness/poor judgement by the end of the play. King Lear’s first

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