What Is The Loss Of Reason In King Lear

1. In the play King Lear we see that Gloucester lost his eyes but gained his “sight,” physically he lost his eyes but in reality her finally understand what is true and false in his world. In the beginning of King Lear Gloucester is in love with his sons and adores Edgar over Edmund, until Edmund frames Edgar into betraying his father, this is the first incident where Gloucester is blinded by what is really in front of him. In the famous song, “Amazing Grace” we sing, “was blind but now we see,” this can be related to Gloucester because he had a moment in the end of the play where he realizes what is right, but the truth kills him. With help from his son Edgar AKA Poor Tom Gloucester understands who is a true character and the people he can trust, eventually he understands that his bastard son is wrongfully framing Edgar and Edmund is the one he should be punishing.
I think that the only way Gloucester really could have gained his sight, is by some sort of moment in his life where there was a realization that something was wrong. After he physically lost his eyes there was a span of time where he was right in the middle of having sight and understanding sight; for the duration of this time he attempted to commit suicide, but with the help of his son, Edgar, he didn’t, he felt as if he had committed suicide and went through with it but in the end he gained the feelings he wanted to gain from suicide. When Gloucester finally gained this new “sight” everything started moving so fast, with the realization of who is honest and real son is, Edgar claims that the shock kills him. I think if Gloucester was alive longer than he was, he’d enjoy to know that his biological son loved him for him, and that he no longer needed to worry about Edmund stealing the power because Edgar is more intelligent than everyone