A difficult play...

King Lear, as the title shows his name as the protagonist. The play I would rather classified as a difficult play. It deal with the issue of family relationship within the natural role of the family. Lear has divided the kingdom to be given to his daughters. But he asks them to confess their love. When Cordelia doesn't want to confess, he get mad. As the result he has disowned Cordelia. Lear has been blinded (like Creon) by his arrogant and he does not want to hear the reason why Cordelia acting that way. But as this is a tragic play, Lear then has realised his fault and changed. He then realised that both Goneril and Regan does not love him as much as Cordelia do. And it is late when both Cordelia and Lear has being manipulated by Edmund, Gloucester's illegitimate son. Not only them, all of Cordelia's family has being manipulated by Edmund. All of them has been blinded by their own greed. Except for Cordelia who has been the victim. The issue that comes out is whether a natural love should be show of or just make it as a usual action has given an impact to me in reading the play.