The two older daughters, Gonerill and Regan were wicked. They exaggeratedly telling him that they love him more than anything.
However, Lear's youngest and the favorite daughter response: "Nothing, my lord". .
She says "I cannot heave my heart into my mouth: I love your majesty According to my bound, no more nor less". This show that she is honest and true by telling him the truth that she love him as a king and her father, but as a proud king he was mad at her straightforwardly answer. .
Even more truthfully, she says "Why have my sisters husbands, if they say they love you all? Happily, when I shall wed, that lord whose hand must take my plight shall carry half my love with him, half my care and duty. Sure, I shall never marry like my sisters". It implied even more straightforward and also show that she know how wickedness her sisters are which Lear could not distinguish the good and bad from his mental blindness due to his pride. .
The madness occurred when deny and banish the only loyal daughter Cordelia, because he judges people from the surface due to his lack of sight. He drive her away from his kingdom when he claim: "Here I disclaim all my paternal care, propinquity and property of blood, and as a stranger to my heart and me hold this from thee for ever.", "Better thou hadst not been born" and "for we have no such daughter, nor shall we ever see that face of hers again". Therefore be gone without our grace, our love, our benison.".
Likewise, Kent a loyal Earl who able to see Cordelia's true love toward the blind king. When Lear gets mad from Cordelia, Kent tries to convince him to see which daughter really love him. Instead of open his eyes to see the truth, Lear response by saying "Out of my sight" when Kent reminds Lear that "See better, Lear, and let me still remain the true blank of thine eye".
Unexpectedly, as a loyal fellow Kent disguises himself to help Lear because he knew Lear was blind from his arrogant.
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. ...