King Lear is the story of how a king becomes a man. Lear is the king of England, who appears in the opening of the story as an invincible man with a heart of stone. Over time he makes the realization that he made the wrong decision to choose Regan and Goneril over Cordelia; he progresses through the story, not only as a falling king but also as a dignified, respectable man. As a result of his actions, he begins to develop true feelings about both this daughter and what he did to Kent. In addition, Lear winds up going insane because his invincibility gets torn down and finally learns that his arrogance and foolishness were unnecessary and none of that was true or mattered.
             The first and most noticeable change within Lear was his development of feelings. In the first act, he so easily banished his number one daughter and noble Kent who was the most loyal character next to the Fool. There are no signs of any guilt or second thought when he sends them out of this life because all he cared about was the abundance of love his other daughters furnished him with. At the time of Cordelia's banishment, Lear demands "Hence and avoid my sight!" (1.1.15) displaying great ease with letting her go devoid of shame. In support of Cordelia, Kent is also banished because Lear is confident in himself, and doesn't listen to someone who he has always known and trusted. As the play moves forward, Lear is confronted with the fact that he let flattery get the best of him, and he starts acquiring the characteristics of a real man. Both his daughters betray him leaving him to wander outside the castle in a ferocious storm, meet new people such as Kent in disguise, and gain a true sense of the personalities, people, he loved really had. Lear sees the motive behind his daughters fake love, bringing out his original love for Cordelia. He overcomes the fact that he was wrong and has no power to change anything, but the essential change of his feelings occurs whe...