Don’t believe what you hear, only believe half of what you see. William Shakespeare’s, King Lear, is a play centered around two ignorant father’s families involved in a struggle between greed and family support. As a King, Lear values his self worth, but his arrogance blinds him to the truth. Purblind to Edmunds actions, Gloucester realizes the verisimilitude. Eyes signify the blindness and deception of two naïve fathers because of their arrogance. As a King, Lear values his self worth but his arrogance blinds him to the truth. Lear values appearances over reality, and he prefers the title of king rather than fulfilling his duties. Lear tests his daughter’s in the beginning act of the play, to apperceive his daughter’s love for him Asking, “Which of you shall we say doth love us most?” (1.1.49). Since his favorite daughter is Cordelia, he surmisedly knows the fact that she loves him the most. This act poses to the reader that the King prefers flattery from his eldest daughters, to true love. Since he cannot see into other characters, he can never identify them for who they truly are, due to his lack of insight and understanding. Lear, who is very obstinate, mistakenly believes his favorite daughter Cordelia is …show more content…
The reader learns early on in the play, that Gloucester favors his other son Edgar who was born out of marriage. Due to Edmund being neglected by his father, he simply had a desire to take every possession away from him and his brother. Edmund begins his soliloquy in the first act by addressing to the audience “Well, then, Legitimate Edgar, I must have your land: Our father's love is to the bastard Edmund As to the legitimate (1.2. 17-21). His villainy partial behavior didn’t develop out of innate cruelty but out of lack of desire of love from his father. Because Edmund is a master of deception, he easily fools his arrogant father and brother who are blind to their own