The God of Small Things

King Lear is one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies, but it is also a carefully gathered choice of different characters and individual traits; these distinct basics make the tragic outcome usual and increase the emotional to the reader. The story revolves around the King who foolishly separates his only truthfully faithful daughter and realizes too late the true nature of his other two daughters. A major subplot involves Edmund’s betrayal of his father and …

…s cold. This shows his transformation from selfish to unselfish King. When he had the authority to make things take place he did not have the heart to do so but now he lost everything he embarks on a journey to self-realization, to becoming the important man. He discovers truth and reality through trailing dishonesty and fantasy. He started to show sympathy to people who are in need and understand their position in the society.