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King Lear: Consequences of One Man's Decisions
Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear is a detailed description of the
consequences of one man's decisions. This fictitious man is Lear, King of
England, who's decisions greatly alter his life and the lives of those around
him. As Lear bears the status of King he is, as one ex ....
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.... us both of rule,
Interest of territory, cares of state),
Which of you shall we say doth love us most?
That we our largest bounty may extend
where nature doth with merit challenge."
(Act I, Sc i, Ln 47-53)
This is the first and most significant of the many sins that he makes in this
play. By abdicating his throne to fuel his ego he is disrupts the great chain
of being which states that the King must not challenge the position that God has
given him. This undermining of God's authority results in ch ....
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