Mental Illness In King Lear

Throughout the movie, Mr. Harper in his worst moments decides to take out if pants, but when he does this it appears his symptoms become greatly lessened. This is a result of his mind thinking that this is okay and it makes him feel more comfortable. In a scene where Dylan, and his girlfriend are out eating dinner with his dad and sister. At the restaurant Mr. Harper begins to start questioning why his deceased wife is late, showing that he is going through an episode. He gets frustrated at the truth and decides to take his pants off, because that's where he finds comfort. After doing this Dylan walks away, embarrassed of his father's actions. This connects to the way the Goneril treats her father, in Goneril’s case she was unable to accept

When Cordelias men come in seeking Lear they are relieved to find him and try to take him into custody to bring him to his daughter COrdelia. Being reunited with COrdelia, Lear finally realized that, despite what flatteries his daughters have told him and what he believes that he is vunerable and human just like anyone else. He comes to her with this knowledge and pleads for her forgiveness in sadness. When Lear tells her she has some course to hate him she says that she does not hate him, overall repair their frelationship and this sense of family and togetherness may have been the true factor in what made Lear finally see that he has gone mad and has been unfair to his family.This reinforces the idea that if Cordelia, GOneril, and Regan would have stayed with Lear that it in fact lead to his betterness, and that the sense of family that was lacking in Lears life was the cause of everything that happend in their stories. When COrdelia renters Lears life their seems to be a regained ssense of clearity in Lear, he understands and thinks rationally. When COrdelia dies Lear would be expected to begin to go mad agian accept he has already been at peace and he can move on in a more proper manner instead of letting his mind go

Lears lose of his daughter COrdelia and the benishment of Goneril cause him to be alone wandering in the plains and he become more mad. Mr. HAprer who has almost been disowned by DYlan at the start of the film is told to be becoming worse, and more forgetfull, shwoing the loss of touch wiht his son has lead him to worsen his mind. But when both Cordelia and Dylan decide to finnd a way to reconnect withi their fathers it is shown to be helpful. In Lears case it actually is the reason Lear is able to see the vanity in his ways and helps him show forgiveness and begin the relationship with his family again. And in Mr. HArpers case the normalizing of the pantlessness gesture given by Dylan helps him have a moment of clarity. And hekp him have a true conversation with his son and begin the repairment of their realtionship, and thus helping Mr. Harper mind decline slower. So in both the movie and the play, family realtionships is a main them in the book and that the abandonment of family mebers in times of need can cause them to becoem worse andthat the reconnection of these memories and loved ones can lead to the mind of an ill person to help be