King Lear, Searching for Vision
Through the course of the play, King Lear goes through a process of attaining self-knowledge, or true vision of one's self and the world. With this knowledge, he goes through a change of person, much like a caterpillar into a butterfly. In the beginning, King Lear's vanity, and the image and exercise of power dominate his person. But a series of losses (based on his own bad decisions), a 'fool' of a conscious, a powerful storm, a 'supposed' crazy man, and the death of the one who truly loved him, clear his vision and allow him to see the himself and the wor…
