Sight and Insight

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The paper examines William Shakespeare's "King Lear" and discusses how the characters Lear, Gloucester and even Goneril and Regan suffer the consequences of their lack of insight while Cordelia and Kent have the ability to see beyond the appearances or the surface of things. The paper highlights the comparison between those who have moral insight and those who are easily blinded by mere circumstances.

From the Paper:

"Shakespeare's King Lear is a play about moral insight and moral blindness and how these affect the relationships between people. The well known folly of Lear is paired in the text by the equal folly of many of the other characters, who are punished for their lack of insight. The play is, in many ways, one of the most dramatic and heart-wrenching of the Shakespearean texts. As in Othello, the characters are dreadfully punished for their blindness with respect to the truth. Thus, in turn, Lear, Gloucester and even Goneril and Regan suffer the consequences of their lack of insight."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Shakespeare, William. King Lear. New York: Oxford University Press, 1972.

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