king lear

The destruction of the old, personal, familial, social, natural and divine orders is evident in Act I of the play. The king’s never ending spiral dive lead him deeper into destruction, eventually ending in tragedy. The inhabitant of power by Regan and Goneril is the first destruction of personal old orders. The rejection of cordelia leads to familial disorder, and after Regan and Goneril’s inheritance of the king's authority and land results in a social anarchy. The final destruction within the older of divinity, king lear’s decision to step down before his time.
The evidence of old personal order destruction becomes clear when he hand down his power by diving his kingdom, he hands power to those who are plotting against him. i “Meantime we shall express our darker purpose. Give me the map there. Know that we have divided?In three our kingdom” (1.2) .king Lear is blinded by manipulative personalities of his two daughter’s Regan and Goneril, he fails to reveal their true intentions of humiliating him and take advantage of him in order to benefit themselves. Being blinded by the need to be loved by his daughters king Lear delegates his authority to them. The desperation of the king who wanted to hear his daughter declare their love for him is the sign that the king is lost, his a lost king who puts his needs and wants before governing his kingdom. His more interested in being flattered by people who surrounds him.
The passing down of power to those who wants it for their own selfish reason leads to social disorder and anarchy. The disorder arises when Lear declares that he will divide his kingdom to those who claims to love him more by setting boundaries for what a father daughter relationship should be. “Let it be so; thy truth, then, be thy dower: ?For, by the sacred radiance of the sun, ?The mysteries of Hecate, and the night; ?By all the operation of the orbs?From whom we do exist, and cease to be; ?Here I disclaim all my paternal care, ?Propinquity and