King Lear is one of the greatest tragedy play written by William Shakespeare, which portrays the intense suffering from the blindness through Lear king of Britain and the earl of Gloucester.
According to Dictionaries, blindness is defined as "unable to see and lacking of sight, but blindness that Shakespeare demonstrate is not only a physical inability but also a mental flaw that both characters present in the play.
Shakespeare use parallel structure of the main plot and subplot that mirror each other like throughout the play. Begin with both two men have good children and bad children and. The rejection of Edgar by Gloucester reflects Lear's rejection of Cordelia. They both blind to the truth by reject the good children and favor the bad ones .All Shakespeare's tragedies has a tragic hero which carried a tragic flaw: For Lear is pride and Gloucester is Lust. During the climax both Lear and Gloucester was punish by their personal sins. The parallel structure continues throughout the play as Lear reconcile with Cordelier and Gloucester with Edgar.
The blindness is the main factor that leads to the tragedy in the play because of the blindness itself that is a root for all the false decisions.
Firstly, Lear's blindness is the main issue of all the disaster in the play because he is the blindest among all the characters. Due to his pride as a great king, he is not listening to anyone from his decision-making and he wants sweet words from people around him.
The great mistake in the play that Lear made is when he decided to divide his Kingdom. As King he should not divided the kingdom because it is his responsible that he should rule it until the end of his life. As the traditional belief, being King is the God-appointed position; it is not something to give up.
However in Act 1, Lear decided to divide his kingdom into three parts for each of his daughters.
In order to share the kingdoms, he command his daughters to say how much they love him and promise to give the greatest part to that daughter.
Title: The Tragedy of King Lear. ... Characters: King Lear: King of Great Britain, aging so gives his kingdom to his daughters but still wants to be respected as king. ... Gloucester: Earl loyal to king Lear. ... Go to Gloucester's, shut out king and his followers. ... Sub: Cornwall makes Edgar the earl when he gives him letter. ...
Similarly, the Earl of Gloucester faces the same dilemma in the play. ... Edgar plays a critical role in Act 5 of King Lear. ... (King Lear, 24.151-152)" and "Most monstrous! ... (King Lear, 24.155). ... After Edgar's father, the Earl of Gloucester, had his eyes plucked out, Edgar guided him from place to place. ...
Has this been your interpretation after reading King Lear? ... Cruelty most certainly aided in their rise to power, Edmund's rising to the Earl of Gloucester and the daughters" acquisition of their Father's land proves this. ... King Lear an honest but old aged King, suffered immensely from his daughters" cruel ways. ... Gloucester is very much in the same circumstance as King Lear. ... Cordelia dies in circumstances different to that of Gloucester and King Lear. ...
The play shows the betrayal and trust of characters in King Lear. ... The worst display of betrayal to her father from Regan is when King Lear realizes both his daughters are evil and he leaves Gloucester's castle. ... Regan wanted King Lear to get rid of all his knights in order for him to be able to stay in Gloucester's castle. ... One example from King Lear that displays this second theme is when Goneril and Regan take the power and abuse King Lear to insanity. ... While the played displayed much betrayal it also taught very important lessons to the likes of King Lear and Earl...
William Shakespeares play King Lear is a dark tragedy. ... He is a bastard son of Earl of Gloucester, and his characteristics are driven by envy and possessions. ... He seizes the letter, which is written by Gloucester, begs King of France for assistance to save King Lear. ... Cornwall "True or false, it hath made thee Earl of Gloucester. ... The letter is asking King of Frances help to rescue King Lear. ...
The theme of blindness is most apparent in Shakespeare's characters King Lear, the Duke of Albany and the Earl of Gloucester. ... King Lear's disconnection with life due to the hierarchy of his position as a King ordained by God is typical of the times. ... (Act 1, Sc 1, Ln 264-267) A secondary example of this willful blindness to the truth resides in King Lear's rash decision to also exile one of his most loyal and dedicated men, the Earl of Kent. ... The Earl knows that Cordelia is the king's most loyal and trustworthy daughter and therefore opposes the king in hopes ...
King Lear is no exception. Gloucester and Lear are both tragic Characters. Gloucester, Who is the Earl of Gloucester, starts the play of at the top of his game and crashes down due to his blindness toward his sons. Lear at the beginning of this play is the King of England. ... Shakespeare has written many great play and King Lear is one of them....
The motif of disguise is prominent in King Lear. ... This dissonance is given attention in As You Like It and especially in King Lear. ... The disguised Kent in King Lear "...protess[es] to be no less than [he] seem[s] (1.4.14). ... The rustic beggar, Tom, is the companion and guide of an earl, Gloucester. ... It seems that aristocrats, such as the king and Gloucester, becomes dependent on commoners such as Caius and Tom. ...
King Lear is a reality made fiction. ... Lear is the king of Britain. ... Lear banishes the Earl of Kent for defending Cordelia. ... In fact Gloucester suffers more than Lear does. ... He is even wiser than King Lear. ...