King Lear 2

Today I want to talk a little bit about the relationships among the characters. I know we talked about this some in class and I also talked about King Lear's relationships with his daughters in my last post but more specifically I want to talk about how I think his relationships have changed. In the beginning he seemed to have a "healthy" relationship with both Regan and Goneril, at least he seems to feel this way however I disagree. In the last passages we have read you can tell that his daughters no longer look to him with the same respect that they once had. They start to realize that he is very needy and is taking advantage of him. I think they begin to realize this when he becomes upset over the amount of knights they will allow him to have. During this time I think King Lear himself begins to realize that he no longer holds the same amount of power that he once had. I think he also comes to the realization that because his daughters no longer need anything from him they no longer look to him in the same way. I think at this point in the story it becomes apparent that both daughters were only sucking up to there father and did not actually feel the way that they stated. Although I realize that Regan and Goneril are upset with the demands their father is requesting, I do not think it was appropriate for them to lock him out in the storm. I feel that in a family even if you are upset with one another you still need to be there to protect each other in times of need. I understand that it was King Lear who stormed out originally but I do not agree that once he left the daughters told Gloucester not to allow him back in if he came back. Overall I do not think that Lear's relationships with his daughters is healthy and can tell that even more problems are likely to arise among them as the story develops.