King Lear

King Lear
King Lear, follows the time old tradition in which children take advantage of the love and trust of their parents. In the world of action in King Lear, balance and symmetry in structure are apparent. Lear’s banishment and disinheritance of Cordelia are paralleled not only by his exile of Kent, but also by Gloucester’s banishment of Edgar (Eddy 15). In King Lear the main plot and the sub plot intertwine in such a way that you start to wonder if either of Lear’s daughter’s, Goneril or Regan, or Gloucester son Edmund have any respect for their fathers. Do they even care about their fathers or are they all about doing what is best for them? Then you have the two good children Cordelia and Edgar who are banished from both of their father’s kingdoms. Cordelia and Edgar devotion to their father in King Lear shows a great since of dramatic irony. Cordelia and Edgar are banished by their fathers while Regan, Goneril and Edmund plan to throw their fathers out of power.
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