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Monster Essays - King Lear: Searching for Vision
King Lear: Searching for Vision
Through the course of the play, King Lear goes through a process of
attaining self-knowledge, or true vision of one's self and the world. With this
knowledge, he goes through a change of person, much like a caterpillar into a
butterfly. In the beginning, King Lear's vanity, and the image and exercise of
power dominate his person. But a series of losses (based on his own bad
decisions), a "fool" of a conscious, a powerful storm, a "supposed" crazy man,
and the death of the one who truly loved him, clear his vision and allow him to
see the himself and the world as they truly are. The pain and suffering endured
by Lear....
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