King Lear: Consequences of One Man's Decisions


Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear is a detailed description of the
consequences of one man's decisions. This fictitious man is Lear, King of
England, who's decisions greatly alter his life and the lives of those around
him. As Lear bears the status of King he is, as one expects, a man of great
power but sinfully he surrenders all of this power to his daughters as a reward
for their demonstration of love towards him. This untimely abdication of his
throne results in a chain reaction of events that send him through a journey of
hell. King Lear is a metaphorical description of one man's journey through hell
in order to expiate his sin.

As the play opens one can almost immediately see that Lear begins to make
mistakes that will eventually result in his downfall. The very first words that
he speaks in the play are :-

"...Give me the map there. Know that we have divided
In three our kingdom, and 'tis our fast......

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