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A 5 page paper which examines how although terrible events occur within that could not be more pathetic, the play is not a depressing experience. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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of the perception it is pessimistic because of the many terrible events that occur. However, upon closer analysis, while much of what happens to the characters of King Lear
could certainly be described as pathetic, the play can hardly be considered a depressing experience. It demonstrates through the characterizations of King Lear and his three daughters, Goneril, Regan,
and Cordelia and the Earl of Gloucester and his sons Edmund and Edgar that because good and evil often co-exist, if a persons sensibilities have somehow been led astray, he
or she must endure hardship in order to fully appreciate that which matters most in life. King Lear is an emotional experience that generates a profound impression through its
characters anguished misery because forces readers and audiences to recognize that actions have consequences; the more detestable the act, the greater the suffering. King Lear is Shakespeares oldest protagonist, 80
years of age, but in this instance, age has not imbued him with wisdom. Believing it is time to retire, he elects to subdivide his kingdom amongst his three
daughters on the basis of the protestations of love each professes for him. This is nothing more than a callous exercise in ego-stroking, and Lears youngest daughter, Cordelia, will
have none of it. She tells her father quite simply, "I love your Majesty / According to my bond; no more nor less... You have begot me, bred me,
lovd me; I / Return those duties back as are right fit, / Obey you, love you, and most honor you... To love my father all" (I.i.91-92, 96-98, 104).
Lear is furious, and therefore divides the kingdom between Goneril and Regan, leaving Cordelia nothing. He has mistaken her sincerity with disrespect (Dreher 286), and the only way he
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