Family first!
King Lear’s
end is full of blood, which is a result from ambition, pride and jealousy. Jealousy
from the love triangle between Regan, Goneril and Edmund; ambition from the two
older daughters of Lear; and pride from Lear wanting to be flattered.
This makes
me wonder if respect for parents and loving your children no matter what they
do or say, are strong enough to fight negative feelings and selfish interests.
Obviously, the answer I was able to find in the play is that both do not seem
to be enough.
But, what
about real life? Real life is different… or at least it should. The love
between parents and children should be unconditional. What is the point of
calling you a father or a son but loving the other one only when you want to?
If that is so, just like in the play, the relationship is not going to have a
happy ending. If that is so ambition, pride and jealousy will always be more
important than love, loyalty and compassion.
King Lear
is crude and violent, but its message is simple: being a family means to
respect each other whatever the scenario.
So, let’s
make of the world a place where family is respected, and not a place where
everyone fights for the crown.
Hi Edson,
ResponderEliminarI enjoyed your post, and I agree with you up to a point. You are right when you say that in real life, love between parents and their children should be unconditional. Today, I can't think about a family full with ambition and pride, but I have to say that in those cases where you see rebellious children sometimes is not just because they want to act like that, it is because they are in a struggle of power. I mean, kids reflect themselves on their parents' attitudes. They learn through trial an error the rules and values of the family, so through family they learn about power and authority. "what you reap is what you sow"