King Lear Flaws

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King Lear Flaws

Of all Shakespeare's great tragic heroes, Lear is perhaps the least typical. In
the beginning of the play Lear is already an old man; his best days have passed,
though doubtless there is still about his person a certain regal carriage.
Lear’s petulant behavior betrays him, and soon, when he engages his three
daughters in the dreadful game of flattery, wherein Goneril and Regan swear the
whole allegiance of their hearts to a father, leaving nothing for a husband, it
becomes clear that Lear is something less than natural. In the first act, Lear
assumes one of the least attractive roles in Shakespearean literature, that of a
bad father. Lear at first does not realize that his temper and deep seeded need
of blandishment leads to the usurpation of his divinity. Only through rejection
and madness is Lear able to understand and change his destructive attitudes and
behavior. As a tragedy, King Lear portrays a protagonist whose fortunes are
conditioned by his hamartia, or tragi...

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