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In the play King Lear, Shakespeare used the main characters to portray the main theme. The main theme in this play is blindness. King Lear, Gloucester and Albany are three examples Shakespeare used to incorporate this theme. Each of these characters were "blinded" in different ways because of the wrong decisions they've made and later on regretted.

The blindest of all was King Lear. Because of his high position as the king, people would think that he should be able to distinguish the good from the bad, but unfortunately, he was "blinded" by others. Lear's first act of blindness came at the beginning of the play. He was fooled by his two eldest daughters' sweet words, and then he was unable to see cordelia's true love for him. There he gave away his kingdom to the two daughters who lied about loving him and banished cordelia-who really loved him from his kingdom.

"…For we have no such daughter, nor shall ever see that face of her again. Therefore be gone without our grace,......

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