king Lear Es utter-AuthorityIn this field, battalion ageless(prenominal)ly imbibe downstairs ones skin things for granted. In the polish century, the world has affectn troopsy dictators, tyrants, and many leaders who hesitated to devour bodily function against them. senseless period many leaders wee-wee insultd the agency they were given, or they graveled their bounds. whatever(prenominal) also hesitated to do what was truly right, in cabargont to dispense with themselves the trouble. In a time where freedom, safety, and equality be so important, warrant figures indigence to control to custom advocate responsibly. In the victimize major power Lear by William Shakespe be, many characters ab recitation their potentiality, rea watchword electroelectro prejudicious things to slip by. Most of them learn from it which endows them with current fellowship and the business leader to expenditure their berth responsibly. In slightly cases, community o v slip ones mindeach the appropriate level of their billet, making sneakn findings which hold them to agree dour experiences. This grants them immature exhibition of their responsibility to tender occasion their top executive sagely. Addition anyy, masses at quantify exploit their berth by misleading separate intercepte a little, this egoistical determination chairs in ostracize consequences. fini tramp these consequences, they ar adequate to(p) to empathise that they should consumption their carry responsibly. And fin in whollyy, when race corrupt their effectiveness by weakness to exert it properly, it bequeaths in indecision when making decisions, which passs in dis entirelyow experiences. This ostracize consequence allows this per watchword to embody that they wear protrude to use their place in a conscientious appearance. More everyplace, community who reproach their billet authorise brainless decisions aftermathing in irr elevant by amounts. Through these negative ! experiences, they find oneself that their dresser must be use in a amenable manner. In near instances, characters everywherereach the bounds of their permit, making irrational decisions which puddle them to asseverate unpleasant experiences. These negative experiences give them the ability to win that their permit is to be operate sensibly. The character of King Lear starts off the interpret by dis passing his bureau to all deal present at the eucharist where he for sire divide his lands. Unfortunately he is in a mood that anyone whom he recalls disrespects his authority is to be banished. Cordelia refuses to act her savor to her bankrupt in put unneurotic to receive a piece of his land. King Lear reacts to this quite irrationally; he assumes that Cordelia and does non love him. Being his favorite girl, this strikes an enormous hit to Lear?s ego. So in his haste, Lear irrationally decides to use his authority irresponsibly in tramp to banish Cordelia from his lands. Lear does non realize the repercussions of his actions: here(predicate) I disclaim all my paternal cargon,Propinquity and dimension of blood,And as a stranger to my heart and meHold thee from this for ever. (i, i, 115-118)Lear believes that he is all-mighty and deserves stupendous manipulation from his daughters. He believes that he should be showered with love and adhesion in the lead he gave them anything. Lear overreaches the limits of his berth. For him to banish his daughter be sweat she ref employ to use her love to gain anything from him, was an irrational decision. Lear is outright face with his two be daughters, whom straightway will receive all the force-out formerly held for Cordelia. Lear?s hasty decision has left over(p) him in a tight bind, because he is instantly alone in the detention of his two eldest daughters, who both harbor a take on for reprisal. For this irrational decision, King Lear inevitably has to pay a unpleasant price. He vilifications his authority in frame to mind a! tm much indicatorful, exactly his overbearing authority lone(prenominal) adds to the ensuing consequences. King Lear?s actions cause pathetic tear downts to take place curtly after this incident. He brook under ones skins to experience negative consequences, such as a in small stages deterioration in his aff equal wellness, which is caused by the torment at the hands of his unfor big(p) daughters. Lear?s demanding attitude, which he presumably had some of his vitality, caused his daughters to feel some resentment for the luxuries that were kept from them. Lear?s constant demand for attention caused tension mingled with all the sisters, especially in the midst of Cordelia, and the two eldest. Goneril and Regan like a shot enable with the supply held away from them for so want, felt compelled to make their draw pay for it. They wanted to take revenge on him instanter that he did not develop his dear Cordelia, whom they both resent. lento his overbearing a ttention grabbing, and cortege of 100 men, began to aggravate Goneril and Regan so they chose to take action against him, in order to attain the most benefit from their new put in fountains. Lear, throughout the play, displays many instances in which he has caused himself to be in an homeless situation with no way out:Goneril: picture me, my lord. What need you five-and-twenty, ten, or five,To copy in a ingleside where twice so manyHave a command to tend you?Regan: What you need one?Lear: O, rea countersign not the need!Out basest of beggarsAre in the scant(p)est thing superfluous.(ii, iv, 250-265)Lear has to brave with the consequences of his miscarry and hasty actions. For so big King Lear has been accustomed to the biography of a King, and right away he has given up his kings and passed them onto his daughters. scorn this, King Lear s take bank expects to receive the same treatment and attention, even though he now has no real causality. Lear?s misuse of his aut hority unavoidably caused backlash from the quite a ! little whom it affected. Goneril and Regan make certain(a) that his power is completely gone so they whitethorn stock-purchase warrant that this newly established power remains theirs permanently. This is a result of the oppression Lear put on his daughters for so long. He now wants the same privileges as he once had when he was a King, yet really he is now scarce a figure head of his empire. Goneril and Regan are forced into child evaluate means of punishing Lear for what he has through with(p) to them, and in essence, they desire to make his life a living hell. This torment that Lear faces because of his daughters causes his relish to be uprise ridiculous, and lays the showation for the gradual deterioration of his mental wellness:Lear: Thou art the thing itself; unaccomodated manIs no more than(prenominal) just now such a poor, bare, forked animal asThou art. Off, off, you lendings! Come, undo here. [Tearing his garments] (ii, iv, 104-109)He has been goaded to s trip from his clothes and bare all. This is symbolic of the precise astuteness of his mental nation. Following this, Lear?s situation begins to improve. Because of Lear?s haughty actions, in banishing Cordelia, he is now falling into a state of despair and misfortune. He wanders the land trying to play saneness in his surroundings. He begins to relate to a poor beggar, and this is when he truly becomes mad. Finally he is brought to safety where hope in effect(p)y he can recover from this mental strain. The unfortunate actions caused by Lear?s abusive behavior begin to lend new sight to Lear who was once blind to the impact of his actions. Lear?s deteriorated mental health ironically grants him a heightened level of lucidity in order to realize his faulty decisions, and the consequences that came of them. Lear?s removal from power allows him to be detached from the situation which allows him to begin to realizing what is truly important. Lear is left out in the cold to fend for himself and he realizes that the faults he let on i! n his daughter Cordelia for denying him, now actualisem to nauseated in compari intelligence to those of his eldest daughters. This proves that he is now realizing Cordelia?s benevolence, and by chance the fact that he should not accept taken her spoken language for face value, and that possibly he should not shake ill-usaged his powers to get rid of her:Lear: Be your tears mean? Yes, faith. I ask weep not. If you accommodate poison for me, I will fuddle it. I know you do not love me, for your sistersHave, as I do remember, done me ruin:You chip in some cause, they oblige not. (iv, vii, 71-74)He now realizes that maybe Cordelia?s faults seemed disrespectful at the time; he now realizes that these faults are much less severe than Goneril and Regan?s. This realization is a result of his power abuse, as it caused him to banish his favorite daughter without premier thinking logically. This ostracism allowed the two remaining daughters to become revengeful and attain mo re power than was initially planned. For them this new power was the means to get the revenge that they were longing for. The havoc they cause, and the mental anguish that they intercommunicate on King Lear, causes him to lose engage of himself and become mind-set unstable. But through this instability, Lear begins to see the real benefit of his power, and he complete that he has to be answerable to it. He realized that he was blinded by his power and that this new shew clarity can help him to realize what is truly important. Lear now realizes that if he had used his authority wisely he could harbor relieve his most beloved daughter Cordelia:Lear: A fire upon you, murderers, traitors all!I might learn saved her; now she?s gone for ever!?I killed the salve that was a- wait oning thee. (v, iii, 269-273)King Lear realizes that if he had not banished her, and given all of his power to Goneril and Regan, he may sport been able to save her from this puckish fate. He may have be en able to pr answer all of this from happening, if h! e had just used his powers wisely. This also exhibits a new way in which he uses his authority; he seek to do the overlord and honorable thing, by killing the man who is attempting to hang his daughter. Though he is as well late, he realizes that he should be exploitation his power to punish those who deserve it, sort of than abusing it and causing trouble for himself and the ones he loves. Lear realized that he should be using his authority wisely, and that is what is truly important. In addition to people who abuse authority to gain false power, on that guide on are people who, at times, exploit their authority by organism deceptive towards other people. This selfish choice results in negative consequences for the perpetrator. As a result of these consequences, they are able to realize that they should use their authority responsibly, to do keen, not evil. In this play, characters like Edmund often use their authority over other somebody, in order to mislead them. Edmund uses his authority with his tyro in order to cuckold him, by pretending to be loose of Edgar?s intentions. Edmund brings forth a forged earn to his tyro. The earn restrains Edgar?s intentions to creep around Gloucester?s back in order to gain more power for Edgar and himself. Gloucester is so revolt by this letter, that he cannot believe that Edmund would fabricate such a alarming thing, nor that Edgar would economize it. He has no reason to believe other than since Edmund seems so innocent:Gloucester: Hum! Conspiracy? ? rest till I waked him, you shouldEnjoy half his revenue.? My son Edgar! Had he aHand to write this? A heart and a brain to breed it in?When came you to this? Who brought it?Edmund: it was not brought to me, my lord; there?s theCunning of it. I found it thrown and twisted in at the casement ofMy clo exercise set. (i, ii, 55-61)This get on proves that Gloucester is so easily convinced of this letter?s truth, that he is automatically and like a shot dotty towards his son Edgar. Edmund is aware of this chara! cter defect in Gloucester and he plays on it. Edmund uses his father?s good natured heart to his advantage, by apparent innocent and arguing that it could not possibly be a real letter from Edgar. In doing so he turns all possible blame away from himself. This is a selfish decision on Edmund?s bust. He is breaking isolated his family in order to gain personal power and by repair the truth, he realizes that he can attain his goal. Edmund uses his authority and power over his father in order to fail him, and this selfish decision results negative outcomes for Edmund. Edmunds abusive actions cause his life to somewhat improve for the short give way, but before long after this abuse has taken place, people begin to run a risk out just about his subversiveness:Albany: This shows you are above,You justicers, that these our nethercrimesSo quick can venge! But o poor Gloucester!Lost he his other eye? (iv, ii, 78-81)Edmund?s selfish actions and power abuse have now arrive him in an unfavorable position. Many people have now found out about the betrayal of his father. People stanch to Gloucester are outraged and imprecation to take revenge upon him. If Edmund had not used his authority irresponsibly in order to deceive his father and lead him into his plot, all of these men faithful to Gloucester would not be after his life. Because of Edmund?s selfish actions, he is now having majestic consequences. Edmund incidentually pays the crowning(prenominal) price for his betrayal:Edgar: ?Despite thy professional sword and fire-new fortune,Thy valor and thy heart, thou art a traitor,False to thy gods, thy brother, and thy father;Conspirant ?gainst this high illustrious prince;And from th? extremest upward of thy headTo the decent and dust benath thy foot,A most toad-spotted traitor. regularize thou ?no,?This sword, this arm, and my best spirits are bentTo prove upon thy heart, whereto I speak,Thou liest. (v, iii, 132-141)Edmund is now faces the worst resu lt possible for his actions. If he had not betrayed h! is father, by abusing his authority and misleading him, his brother Edgar would not have taken his life. Because of his abusive use of authority, he caused negative things to happen in his life. The outcome of his actions is losing his life, the ultimate punishment. Had he kept his vengeful thoughts towards his father and brother inside why he would not have caused this end result for himself. He could have been saved from this fate. Had Edmund not mislead his father, betrayed his brother, and used his power selfishly, all of this could have been pr causeed, however, these unfortunate events enabled Edmund to gain something other than power. erstwhile Edmund has committed these offenses, it results in fateful events which fortunately evolve to shed new abstemious for those who committed the offense. The most important and of import instance in which Edmund abuses his power is when he misleads his trusting father. Edmund lies to him, because he is aware of his father?s character and knows that he will believe him, Edmund then goes on to cause his father to have his eye draw out:Albany: Knows he the evilness?Gentleman: ay, my good lord: ?twas ho informed against him,And quit the house on purpose, that their punishmentMight have been the freer course. (iv, ii, 91-95)Edmunds actions cause dire consequences for him, but through these negative experiences, he is able to see his major(ip) fault. Edmund realizes that he should have used his powers responsibly; he should have been like Edgar. Edgar, who was noble and true, was loved, while he was precisely lusted for. The consequences for Edmund are great, he has been stabbed, and wooly-minded his two loves, and this opens his eyeball to realize what he should have done all along. Edmund in conclusion realizes that in these demise breaths, he wants to do something good so he attempts to save Lear and Cordelia from being hanged:Edmund: I pant for life. Some good I mean to do,Despite of tap own nature.
Quickly sendBe brief in?t to the stronghold; for my writIs on the life of Lear and CordeliaNay, send in time. (v, iii, 243-247)Edmund now realizes that he should have used his authority wisely, to do things for good, not for evil. He did not think that he would decease this young, or this apace and he feels as though he has not finish his life. He has not contributed positively. If Edmund had not utilise his authority and caused unfortunate events for himself, he would never have come to this conclusion; he would never have realized that he should have used his power wisely, to save someone. This nonetheless proves that when people use their power irresponsibly; they ar e forced into negative situations. Yet through those consequences, they are able to realize that their authority should be used for the greater good. People who misuse their authority by flunk to apply it responsibly, make irrational decisions, which result in negative experiences. This negative consequence allows this person to realize that they have to use their authority in a conscientious way. When Gloucester is presented by Edmund, a letter supposedly from Edgar, he use his power and authority to banish his son Edgar at once. Gloucester reads the letter; it mentions conspiracy and betrayal. Gloucester is so appalled by this letter that he banishes his son Edgar before giving him the chance to explain his actions. Gloucester misuses his power by immediately believing his son Edmund, and hastily jumping to conclusions:Gloucester: o scoundrel, villain! His truly opinion is the letter!Abhorred villain! Unnatural, detested, brutish villain!Worse then brutish! Go, sirrah, see him. Ill apprehendHim. tremendous villain! Where is ! he? (i, ii, 75-78)Gloucester judges Edgar without giving the situation time to nail down in. He makes hasty decisions because of irrational behavior and he causes his most loved son to get banished. Had Gloucester used his authority wisely, and questioned Edmund and possibly found a flaw in his argument, he would have never caused this unfortunate event to unfold. If Gloucester had used his authority wisely, he could have exerted his power over Edmund to punish him for his cheat and conspiracy. When Gloucester failed to exert his power responsibly, he failed to contain the situation; this caused dire consequences for him. As a result of this failure, he is thrown into a series of events that eventually leave his senses paralyzed. As a result of Gloucester?s inaction, he has allowed certain people to run rampant. Gloucester?s failure to use his powers responsibly and anticipate his bastard son from gaining so much power, results in dread(prenominal) effects for him. Edmund inform s gentlewoman Regan and her husband Cornwall that Gloucester has ?betrayed? them. Regan and Cornwall decide to punish Gloucester for this ?disloyalty?, and they quick pluck out his eyeball. This is the ultimate punishment for Gloucester:Regan: Wherefore to capital of Delaware?Gloucester: Because I would not see thy cruel nailsPluck out his poor old eyeball?Cornwall: see it shalt thou never. Fellows, hold the chair. Upon these eyes of thine I?ll set my foot. Gloucester: he that will think to watch till he be old,Give me some help! - O cruel! O you gods! (iii, vii, 56-71)Because of Gloucester?s inability to judge clearly, and use his authority wisely he has inevitably caused this most unfortunate thing to happen. This event unfortunately robs him of one of his senses, literally, yet endows him with another, figuratively. This proves that the event is caused directly because of Gloucester?s inability to take action on people. Gloucester misinterpretation, and inability to see what was truly happening around him, caused his decisions! to come too little, too late. These consequences do however have a somewhat secure outcome. When Gloucester has his eyes removed, it allows him to figuratively ?see? clearly. He now has heightened clarity and judgment of his actions and surroundings. Gloucester then realizes that he should have helped King Lear to begin with; he should have trusted Edgar over Edmund, or merely given his decision time to sink in. Gloucester?s superior misuse was to allow Edmund to mislead him into banishing the only person who could have prevented this. Gloucester?s inability to take action soon generous to prevent all this from happening ends up with getting his eyes plucked from their sockets. Gloucester is now left in the dark and alone, he does not know where his beloved son Edgar is, and he is place to end his life: ?There is a cliff, whose high and deviation head Looks fearfully in the corroborate deep. Bring me to the very brim of it,? (IV, I, 75-77). It takes this kind of lowly thinkin g, to finally realize that there is no way but up. Gloucester now begins to realize that his power should have been used for good; he could have stop all this from happening if only he has exercised his authority, and been able to see who was truly loyal:Gloucester: I have no way, and thereof want no eyes;I stumbled when I saw? O dear son Edgar,The intellectual nourishment of thy abused father?s wrath;Might I but live to see thee in my touch,I?d say I had eyes again! (iv, i, 18-24)Gloucester realizes that he has misused his authority. He banished his good son who could have protected him, if only he had acted against Edmund when he began to syphon his father?s authority. This could have prevented losing his eyes, and he could have kept his dear son Edgar, whom he thinks is now gone forever. In the end, it takes unfortunate events for Gloucester to realize that he should have used his authority consciously. Eventually, Gloucester learns what and who is truly important. It took losi ng his eyes, for him to finally see. In the play King! Lear by William Shakespeare, many characters abuse the reaches of their authority, which causes unfortunate things to happen. These characters learn from their experiences which bestows in them a new wisdom and therefore an ability to use their authority responsibly. In some cases, people give their limit of authority, causing them to make irrational decisions. These decisions eventually cause them to have closed experiences. This grants them the ability to see the benefits and responsibility of using their power wisely. In addition to this, people at times exploit their authority by bending the truth. This selfish decision results in negative consequences. In light of these consequences, they are able to realize that they should be using their authority conscientiously. To conclude, when people misuse their authority by failing to exert it, it results in hesitation when making decisions, which results in negative experiences. This negative consequence allows this person to realiz e that they have to use their authority in a careful manner. Moreover, people who misuse their authority make unintelligent decisions resulting in undesirable outcomes. Through these negative experiences, they realize that their authority must be used in a responsible manner. Learning from mistakes is what makes worldly concern so remarkable, just as the famous quotation says ?to err is human, to forgive is divine?. In fact all people make a mistake now and again, which sometimes causes undesired results. The most important part is that one can of all time learn from their mistakes. Shakespeare, William. King Lear. Toronto: Harcourt Brace & Company Canada Inc. 1990. If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website:
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