Free Will In Shakespeare's King Lear

If all goes wrong, and all positivity ceases to exist, would turning to supernatural powers and beings be a beneficial solution? In Shakespeare’s King Lear, a senile king, who seeks for revenge after blindly handing his kingdom over to his evil daughters, banishes his most trustworthy servant for going against his word. As this man whips up his own chaos, a blind father was deceived by his bastard son into giving him his power and title. Most people believe that good things happen to good people, yet these expectations were not met within this story. The different interactions that King Lear, Kent, and Gloucester have with divinity, depend entirely on the situations where fate had placed them in, whether such situations were fortunate or unfortunate. …show more content…
The only characters that have been at his right hand until this point, were the Fool and Kent, who was disguised as Caius. In this scene, Lear had officially hit rock bottom, and had finally experienced his utmost distasteful state. He had gone far enough to even defile nature for what, he thinks, they had done to him. Lear placed this blame upon the gods, although it was his own poor decision-making that led to his exilement and mental deterioration. If he had not foolishly given away his kingdom to his maleficent daughters, he would not have been stripped of all of his authority and left with nothing. He was blind towards the fact that the gods blessed him with a new world vision, where he sees, experiences, and understands the lives of the impoverished, ameliorating his authoritative skills. In act three scene two, Lear says that nature sided with his daughters, rather than with him. Lear was blind to what the gods had planned for him and what they had planned as a consequence of his daughters’ sinister actions. Despite Lear’s on-going list of flaws, such as ignorance, poor decision-making, blindness, and arrogance, the gods had felt a pity towards him; they had allowed Lear to reunite with the daughter whom he ignorantly banished, granting him a second chance. They also had his kingdom replenished, although his death followed shortly after. King Lear was a strong and powerful king, yet one of the skillsets he …show more content…
In spite of Lear’s defiance of nature, he turned to the gods when he needed their help. Kent’s bond with the gods is parallel to his bond with Lear and Cordelia. Due to his unconditional love and incomprehensible loyalty, Kent decided to part with Lear after his sorrowful death. Gloucester believed the gods were callous yet they still aided him in seeing the truth. Simply put, yes, turning to supernatural powers when things have become hectic and when you are in need of help is, in fact, a beneficial solution. These three figures were all positively aided by the gods, although some of them were not aware of it. When chaos seems to be the only presence throughout life, it is key to look for the miniscule specks of order, and to understand that these shreds of positivity will eventually grow to become a large abundance, if you have faith that it is possible. Whether there is a belief in a Christian God, Hindu god, or various others, gods have always seemed to aid humanity in their very own way, whether it is identifiable or not. When the disciples of Jesus were seen as drunk and crazy men after their preaching, they continued to follow their master’s command and has trust in God. Things are not always what they seem to be, just because life at the moment has a heap of struggles, hidden deep within the heap of all this sadness and tribulation, is a zeal for order.