Goneril. Although Kent, his loyal
             advisor begged Lear to see closer to the true faces of his daughters, he ignored
             him and became even more angry because Kent hurt Lear's pride by disobeying his
             order to stay out of his and Cordelia's way Lear had already warned him, "The
             bow is bent and drawn, make from the shaft." ( I, I, 145). Kent still
             disobeys Lear and hurts his pride further as he said, "Now by Apollo, King,
             thos swearest thy gods in vain.". Finally, Kent is banished. Because of the
             flaw of pride, Lear has initiated the tragedy by perturbing the order in the
             chain of being as he gives up his thrown, divides the kingdom and banishes his
             loyalist servant and loveliest daughter.
             The downfall of Lear is not just the suffering of him alone but the
             suffering of everyone down the chain of being. For instance, Lear's pride and
             anger caused Cordelia and Kent to be banished, and Gloucester lo
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