King Lear

When King Lear divides his Kingdom to General and Regan, he cannot even dream that they will show filial ingratitude’. The credulous Lear is taken in by hypocritical daughters. Their fulsome expression of love pleases him. Several characters -call lago ‘honest’ Desdemona calls him ‘good lago’. According to Prof. Bradley, the word ‘honest’ is applied to him some fifteen times in the play lago is a villain who is bent on ruining Othello. lago is artful. He has studied human nature deeply and he succeeds in making Othello jealous of Casio. Lear as well as Othello fails to realize that all that glitters is not gold. In this letter to lmogen, Posthumous describes lachimo as one to win the wager. Prospero does not think that he and his daughter Miranda will be expelled by his brother from the dukedom with the help of Alonso, King of Naples. Sergeant Troy looks handsome, but he ruins Fanny Robin. We are so reminded of Compeyson and several other villains.

Appearances are often deceptive. It is, therefore, necessary for us to act with caution.