1. More Sinn'd Against Than Sinning
... this heart shall break into a thousand flaws or ere I'll weep. O fool, I shall go mad!- (2.4.117). When Lear proclaims that he is "a man more sinned against than sinning."" (3.2.131), he has only just begun to realize the circumstances at hand. At this point in the play, Lear still holds himself to be a great man commanding respect ... If we can excuse Lear's ego, we see that he truly wanted to be loved, but instead is betrayed by the two daughters who supposedly loved him "no less than life- (1.1.11); more than "all other joys- (1.1.11); and watches his true love, Cordelia, die. Lear u...
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