King Lear: A Man More Sinned Against Than Sinning? Essay

More sinned against than sinning. An expression used of those who, though they may be guilty of wrongdoing, think themselves the victim of a more serious wrong. 

King Lear ill-treatment for his doughter Cordelia and his decession to given his throne to Goneril and Regan can be seen as his wrong decision and self-mistake.

From first view of the play  'King Lear ', it appears that Lear has caused, either directly or indirectly, the sins against him as well as sinned himself.  That King Lear sinned; there can be no doubt. 

He was a haughty and proud man but he made his own tragedy by his won hand. 

-You can conclude the essay by saying that although he is more sinned against, this doesn 't mean that he is not a sinner. That he responded to circumstances beyond his control but that most of the time he made wrong choices.Banishes Kent and Cordelia

,courses the daughters, a terrible thing to do back then.

Here, and in the storm earlier on, Lear is laying blame for his circumstances outside of himself, so that he does not have to feel guilty -Both Lear and Gloucester endure terrible physical and mental suffering as punishment for their misjudgment, but before dying, both men are reunited with the child each earlier rejected. 

Other characters that sinned or were sinned against in relation to Lear 's sins: -you can also talk about the play 's villans and how their actions not only impact the people around them but also cause political chaos -Edmunds sin was due to circumstances. Had he not been brought into the world with the social status of 'bastard ' he would not have wanted the revenge or power in the same way -Yet, even the Fool, one of Lear 's most loyal friends, implies that all of Lear 's suffering was brought on by himself and his own wrong behaviour -Gloucester has made several errors in judgment, as has Lear; but the brutal nature of Gloucester 's blinding — the plucking out of his eyes and the crushing of them under Cornwall 's boots — is surely in excess of any errors he might have made. ------------------------------ This complements your view that the reasons for his fall are external... a bit as if he was sinned against by nature (or at least he feels he is). Proof of that can be found in Lear 's speech when Cordelia

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