King Lear Deception Analysis

TITLE When going through a deception by those that are close to an individual, the individual may undergo many changes. William Shakespeare depicts this idea through his tragedy, King Lear, where the main character King Lear goes through a deception by his daughters and is changed after realizing it. At the beginning of the play, King Lear is an old man who puts trust into his daughters to take over his kingdom and is blind to their true intentions, which do not include giving their father the respect he deserves. The speech King Lear makes in act three scene four depicts the change he undergoes by showing his social change and acceptance while he is in a storm with a group of homeless people and a fool. Lear no longer differentiates himself

Lear’s messenger who was sent to deliver a notice to Regan of Lear’s arrival was placed in the stocks and Lear was not welcomed by anyone upon his arrival either. After Regan refuses to be a host for her father, he leaves during a storm with his fool. They come upon a shack to protect them from the storm and they are accompanied by a group of homeless people. In this scene, the fool urges Lear to go into the shack for protection and Lear tells the fool to go in first. This is one big change seen in Lear because as a king, Lear would never allow a fool or homeless person to enter before him but in this scene, he tells the fool to enter before him. This shows Lear’s acceptance of the people around him and rather than not wanting to be surrounded by them, Lear sees them as equal to him even though he held the title of King. This moment may also be seen as a moment of social weakness because the King no longer holds the respect he did before and now does not expect people to be following him so instead he makes himself an equal to the fool and the homeless people accompanying