Nothingness In King Lear Essay

King Lear’s inability to understand the authenticity of “Nothing” uttered in the aperture scene when his youngest and “purest” daughter Cordelia derives from the incognizance of his own true nature. Eventually in the end of the play King Lear after facing numerous hardships and the lost of his sanity begins to come to terms with himself. This is ironic because the his lost of sanity is due to his own wrongdoings acted primarily upon and against his dearest daughter. Lear’s two other daughters Goneril and Regan are portrayed as the evil nature that somewhat coexists with the good nature within Lear himself. Lear is ultimately at war with himself which eventually becomes evident in Act III, scene I when shakespeare illustrates the storm which symbolizes Lear’s mental health. The use of the theme of nothingness in King Lear contributes to the play as a whole by developing the characters and and helping to develop the relationships between them.
Lear's cumulated cognizance discovers its lethal cause no less in his own irritable demeanor than in his disappointment in his
Acting as if he resembled a psychotic poverty stricken man, Edgar shares stories with king Lear causing him to quickly grow fond of him because he believes that he to has been wronged by his children. In sharp sensitivity for poor Tom, Lear says to him: “Could’st thou save nothing? Would’st thou give ’em all?”. The use of the term nothing in this act directly corresponds with cordelia's use of nothing within act one. Once Lear geared himself towards the subject of "Nothing" the Fool wasted no time bringing up his daughters wrong doings causing the king to uproar up in outrage, rages at the lack of respect his daughters have given him. The term “nothing” in this act simply refers to the way his daughters have treat him as if he was nothing to