Part 1 of Essay
Edgar: O, matter and impertinency mixed, Reason in madness! (4.6.192-93) Reason in madness, truth in suffering, and sight in blindness all contain the same basic meaning. In order to find and recognize our real selves and the truth, we must suffer. These various themes are continually illustrated throughout Shakespeare ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... becomes enraged. He desires to hear she loves him more than she could love anyone, ever. Cordelia: Good my lord, You have begot me, bred me, loved me. I return those duties back as are right fit: Obey you, love you, and most honor you........ That lord whose hand must take my plight shall carry Half my love with him, half my care and duty. Sure I shall never marry like my sisters, To love my father all. (1.1.105-15) Cordelia's plight is only one of the many truths Lear is unable to see. Si ....