King lear

Another example of "Wisdom through suffering- is when Gloucester had to lose his eyes to see that his real son Edgar was true to him and that his adopted son Edmund was a traitor. The Duke of Cornwall plucked Gloucester's eyes out because Edmund betrayed his father and told Cornwall that Gloucester was a traitor. "This is the letter he spoke of, which approves him an intelligent party to the advantages of France- (3.5. 7-9). After Cornwall reads the letter Gloucester wrote to get help from France, he finds Gloucester and takes his eyes out. "See't shalt thou never. Fellows, hold the chair. Upon these eyes of thine I'll set my foot- (3.7. 71-72). When Gloucester loses his eyes he realizes that his real son Edgar was not a traitor and hopes that he can find Edgar and forgive him. "O my follies! Then Edgar was abus'd. Kind gods, forgive me that, and prosper him!- (3.7. 102-103). The way wisdom is gained through the play is painful most for the people who were tricked into believing traitors whether it was emotional pain or physical pain.
             In the play of King Lear Revenge is always spoken of but it is not fully achieved until the end of the play for some. A theme that is shown towards the end of the play is "what comes around goes around-. The people who paid for their lies all had the same fate which was death. One example from King Lear that displays this second theme is when Goneril and Regan take the power and abuse King Lear to insanity. They may have thought that they were going to take advantage of him but in the end they turned on each other because of greed. Edmund leads on both Goneril and Regan and they then become jealous of each other. Goneril starts to show that she does not care for her sister towards the end of play. "[Aside.] I had rather lose the battle than that sister should loosen him and me."" (5.1. 22-23). Goneril decides that only she will have Edmund and no one else will, which leads to her poisoning Regan.