In the drama King Lear, it may be said that every character had one specific flaw or a few flaws that prevented them from growing in some way. When analyzing King Lear, it seems as though Lear was very arrogant and loved to be flattered. This may be considered as a flaw since as a result of liking to be flattered, he was left gullible to the hands of his daughters in Act 1 Scene 1 when Goneril and Regan told him all sorts of sweet words just so that they could get a good portion of the kingdom from their father. He allowed his daughters to fill his mind with all sorts of lies, and brought the ones who did not care for him closer, and the ones who really did far away from him. Furthermore, Lear's pride of wanting 100 knights after he voluntarily gave away his whole kingdom to his daughters, Goneril and Regan. Later down in the drama, in Act 3, Lear is seen talking to the storm and shouting at it angrily and seemingly upse with himself since he is now realising the mstake he has made and feels angry with himself for doing what he did.
In considering all of his flaws, it may be said that yes, his flaws did lead to his demise. If Lear did not want to be flattered so much, making him seemingly full of himself and arrogant, then he would not have banished his favourite daughter and be blinded to both Cordelia's real love for him, as opposed to Goneril and Regan's Fake love for him. Lear would not have been treated so badly by Goneril and Regan if he did not banish Cordelia, since she would have taken care of him if he didn't banish her. In addition, he would not have had to face all the guilt in the end after Cordelia dies in Act 5 scene 3 since he would have not have had anything to regret.
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