King Lear's Blindness
Although it is never too late to learn, those lessons learned in old age are the most difficult and the most costly. In his play KING LEAR, Shakespeare illustrates that wisdom does not necessarily come with age. The mistakes that Lear and Gloucester make leave them vulnerable to disappointment and suffering at a time in their lives when both should be enjoying peace and contentment. Although both Lear and Gloucester achieve wisdom before they die, they pay a dear price for having lived life blindly. Lear and Gloucester both illustrate that wisdom does not always come with age. Lear asks his three daughters to express their love for him in public. Both Goneril and Regan have no problem competing for his love, but when it is Cordelia's turn she refuses to compete because she feels, she can't express the way she feels through words. This refusal enrages Lear, hurts his pride, and causes him to make the foolish mistake of disowning Cordelia: ...................................for we Have no such daughter, nor shall ever see That face of her again. Therefore be gone Without our grace, our love, our benison. Because of Lear's high position in society, he is supposed t
Shakespeare hits upon the characteristic human frailty by which denial of a deficiency actually announces the deficiency. Which we durst never yet, and with strain'd pride
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Approximate Word count = 2199
Approximate Pages = 9 (250 words per page double spaced)
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