King Lear is Shakespeare's tragedy of an aging king who divides his kingdom among his daughters, only to be betrayed and driven to madness. It is Shakespeare's most devastating exploration of suffering, ingratitude, and the limits of human endurance.
Shakespeare's most devastating tragic vision; grapples with undeserved suffering and the question of whether there is meaning in it.
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