20/20 vision is not enough: "King lear" - William Shakespeare

In today's society there is a common voluntary blindness to subjects such as global warming, air pollution and animal extinction. People refuse to see what is happening to the world. On the other hand there are people, such as George Bush, who are unaware of what is directly in front of them. This man cannot see that waging war on countries affects his own country, along with the world. In the play King Lear by …

…King Lear dies knowing that if he had gone with his true love his life would have been much easier, and his kingdom would not have gone through these hardships. He does not die without showing his sympathy for Cordelia, and the last words to barely escape his mouth are of him looking very hard to see if she was still alive, hoping to see she is, so she could enjoy what she truly deserved.