... from dramatic, literary or psychological viewpoints, the heart of King Lear is in the suffering of the titular King. Although Lear realizes his mistake of disowning Cordelia early on, the play never seeks to show his resolution or redemption, but instead tracks his suffering, which Mark Van Doren described icily as "glacial, inexorable, awful and slow." Harold Bloom notes that Lear must be seen as ... . And finally, we observe anger. Lear has expressed disappointment and anger vividly in previous scenes. However by now, his anger has overcome his language, a mere spondee where he repeats...

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