William Shakespeare Quotes

King Lear, Act 3, Scene 2. Lear would say that, wouldn’t he? Acknowledging that he’s not a saint, Lear feels that he is more the victim of sin than a sinner. While he has begun to acquire some self-knowledge, he has a long way to go. He is blind to the fact that it was entirely his foolish pride made him banish his most loving daughter and reward her two evil, self-serving sisters with the keys to his kingdom. He has been unjusted treated, he protests, but he has been very cruel and unjust to his youngest daughter. The author of his own downfall, he hasn’t yet owned this.