"King Lear"

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This paper looks at the way King Lear only attains humility when he has lost everything. It starts by describing his pompous manner, followed by his first awareness of his lack of importance when he visits his so-called loyal daughters and is later rescued by Cornelia.

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"In many historical works of literature we are given a glimpse at what living a royal life was like in days of medieval history. Kings are often presented as pompous and full of self-assurance that borders on conceit. We come to understand that it is the position that they are born into that causes this overblown ego display, but we shake our heads at how fully the self-importance impacts their lives. A classic example of this phenomenon is the story of King Lear by William Shakespeare. King Lear is a pompous and self-absorbed man until he loses everything and everyone. He learns the lesson of self-awareness and humility and the essence of what is truly important in life only after losing everything that he believed to be vital."

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