Shakespeare's King Lear
William Shakespeare's King Lear had downfalls in character which later on
caused him to suffer extreme consequences. if anyone knows the true meaning of
suffering it is King Lear.
King Lear's downfalls are his pride, selfishness, and blindness to truth.
Pride as one of Lear's first downfalls, in the beginning Lear disowns his lovely daughter
Cordelia, because Lear is to blind to realize that cordelia loves her father for who he is
and NOT what he has in his possession. Lear sees his daughters for what they have as
far as quantity not quality. This is his downfall of selfishness. Lear offers his two
greedy and selfish daughters, Coneril, and Regan his entire kingdom, simply because
he is so damn conceded and thinks he is so great that he can not possibly see anyone
not loving him, and what he owns as far as land and power. His greedy daughters
realize this and then decide to kiss a little of their father's butt.......
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