Essay Archive - King Lear's Mistake
King Lear's Mistake
Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear is a detailed
description of the consequences of one man's decisions. This fictitious
man is Lear, King of England, whose decisions greatly alter his life and
the lives of those around him. As Lear bears the status of King, he is a
man of great power, but blindly he surrenders all of this power to his
daughters as a reward for their demonstration of love towards him. This
untimely surrender of his throne sets off a chain reaction of events that
sends him through a hellish journey. King Lear is a metaphorical
description of one man's journey ....
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