King Lear Essay Lear's descent into madness and his subsequent recognition of his faults

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June 2, 2015

 

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The conniving sisters take sides with each other in attempts to ruin Lear. Regan conforms with Goneril and orders Lear to deplete his knight count to zero. This gives Lear the opportunity to foreshadow himself going mad in the future. "O fool, I shall go mad!" (II.iv.287) The theme of madness is explored in depth in Act 3, as many forms of madness in different characters are found...
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King Lear in particular is driven to a mad state and is followed by others who have gone mad. Edgar, who is disguised as Poor Tom, puts on a mental disguise of madness to contrast Lear's true mad state. Edgar acts as a fraud and is able to trick the other characters into believing that he is truly mad...
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