King Lear's journy

King Lear By: Azam Nulla Through the course of the play, King Lear goes through a process of self-destruction. In the beginning, King Lear's pride, his self-image, and exercise of excess power astray him toward a series of losses and his death. But these series of losses make him perceive the real world. Eventually Lear's pain and suffering tears down his strength and sanity. Lear is not as strong, superior, and filled with pride as …

…humanity as a whole. Lear's final stage of self-annihilation appears after the death of his true daughter, Cordelia. With Lear all dissolute, he realizes that he his just another animal on the planet. His selfish ego led him along a path of death and self-conscience. His banishment of Cordelia and Kent results in a major loss. His kingdom, his sanity, and his own loving daughter are loss in his process towards reality and Lear's death.