In a tragedy that breaks almost all the natural laws of reality, King Lear is a play that centers itself around conflicted fathers whose lack of understanding set their kingdom and families into turmoil. Shakespeare introduces a rather ignorant and indignant king with a rash understanding of the concept of love and loyalty in the beginning of the play. With the separation of power between his two falsely beloved daughters and banishment of his only faithful one, Lear sets up a chain of events that will destroy his old life, but also bring him a new perspective of the world. Likewise, a powerful lord of Lear’s court, Gloucester is pitted against his children in the midst of the retirement of King Lear. Lear and Gloucester’s eventual metaphorical
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He exhibits gullibility and arrogance after a lifetime of being in power, but it is only when he loses that power and becomes the victim that he can finally utilize his more humble side and come to a realization that it was Edgar who loved him and Edmund that was the evil one. At one point in the beginning of the play, Gloucester even states that “though this knave came something saucily into the world before he was sent for, yet was his mother fair; there was good sport at his making, and the whoreson must be acknowledged (Line 19-22).” Here lies in the fault that Gloucester causes his illegitimate son to become evil. It is the negligence and lack of respect in Edmund that causes him to go rampant and fuels his desire to dethrone his father and make Edgar, his rich and oblivious brother, …show more content…
Modern rules and laws do not apply to plays where possibilities are without limits. Lear and Gloucester’s experiences bring forth events that allow them to grow and gain knowledge, but Shakespeare evidently shows that wrong actions do not go without their severe consequences. Insight and knowledge are finally revealed to both Lear and Gloucester all before they perish in this tragedy. They learn the true meaning of love without its superficialities of sight and identify their nefarious children: Goneril, Regan, and
He exhibits gullibility and arrogance after a lifetime of being in power, but it is only when he loses that power and becomes the victim that he can finally utilize his more humble side and come to a realization that it was Edgar who loved him and Edmund that was the evil one. At one point in the beginning of the play, Gloucester even states that “though this knave came something saucily into the world before he was sent for, yet was his mother fair; there was good sport at his making, and the whoreson must be acknowledged (Line 19-22).” Here lies in the fault that Gloucester causes his illegitimate son to become evil. It is the negligence and lack of respect in Edmund that causes him to go rampant and fuels his desire to dethrone his father and make Edgar, his rich and oblivious brother, …show more content…
Modern rules and laws do not apply to plays where possibilities are without limits. Lear and Gloucester’s experiences bring forth events that allow them to grow and gain knowledge, but Shakespeare evidently shows that wrong actions do not go without their severe consequences. Insight and knowledge are finally revealed to both Lear and Gloucester all before they perish in this tragedy. They learn the true meaning of love without its superficialities of sight and identify their nefarious children: Goneril, Regan, and