Lear Blog 2

They love each other in the nature of a father and daughter, though Lear’s foolishness ruins their relationship. Cordelia is the only daughter that truly loves Lear, and she cannot embellish her love for this fact. Regan and Goneril have mastered the “talk” but are unfaithful and seek only to overthrow their father. Lear cannot understand this, even with Cordelia’s truth. His inability to hear her honest truth comes in his foolishness. He believes in words, not actions, and Cordelia loses the word battle because she is not dishonest.

I have been in the middle of situations like this, and the outcome is not necessarily the same every time. I have also seen situations like this… it’s an interesting exercise in human psychology. Though parents are usually hardest on their children during the teenage years, this causes teenagers to improve their skills of manipulation. The cycle is a vicious one, because as parents increase their punishments, kids find new ways to outsmart them. This often leads to lying as a form of manipulation, which never goes over well. One may get away with it at first, but eventually they are found out, and the repercussions are far worse than expected. I cannot say that I am exempt from using my powers of manipulation to get what I want… unfortunately. I believe honesty is the best policy, so I won’t lie to my parents, but I am very skilled at being nice at the right time in order to get what I want. This is not something I do as often now, because I realize that I am essentially lying to my parents emotionally. On the flip side, I have also been the loser in this “game.” Many times when I should just step down from an argument or issue, I continue talking because I have to prove my point. I suppose that is what I get for being stubborn.