rror that he made. The choice to give up his throne. This one mistake has proven to have major effect on Lear and the lives of those around him eventually killing almost everyone who was involved. The main character of the play would be King Lear. Lear out of pride and anger has banished Cordelia and split the kingdom in half to the two older sisters, Goneril and Regan. This is Lear's tragic flaw, which stops him from seeing the true faces of people because his pride and anger overrides his judgement. As we see in the first act, Lear does not listen to Kent's argument to see the true faces of his daughters. Kent has hurt Lear's pride by not listening his order to stay out of his and Cordelia's way when Lear has already warned him."The bow is bent and drawn, make from the shaft." (Act I, Sc i, Ln 144-145)Kent still disobeys Lear and is banished. Because of this flaw, Lear has started the tragedy by disturbing the order in the chain of being by dividing the kingdom, banishing his best servant and daughter, and giving up his thrown. Due to this flaw, Lear has given his two older daughters the chance to plot against him. Lear is finally thrown out of his daughters home and left with a fool, a servant and a beggar. This is when Lear realizes the mistake that he has made and suffers the banishment of his two oldest daughters. Lear is caught in a storm and begins to go crazy because he can’t bear the treatment of his two daughters as well as the foolish mistake he made with Cordelia and Kent. Lear is suffering from rest when he is moving all over the place. The thing that breaks him is the death of his youngest daughter Cordelia. This suffering can be compared with other happier times like when Lear was still king and when he was not banished by his two daughters. The feeling of fear kicks in when Lear is in the storm angry at the gods, "I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness. I never gave you king-dom, called you children, you...
