King Lear

King Lear is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear relinquishes his power and land to two of his daughters. He becomes destitute and insane and a proscribed crux of political machinations. King Lear divides his kingdom among the two daughters who flatter him and banishes the third one who loves him. His eldest daughters both then rejec...