POWER STRUGGLE INSANITY & INSIGHT ORDER VS CHAOS DECEPTION & DISGUISE LOVE (?

) Ultimately, in this Shakespearean drama, it is the representation of intense human relationships that captivates audiences. Explore the representation of at least ONE intense human relationship, evaluating its significance in the play as a whole. King Lear, a Jacobean tragic play set in the 17th Century, written by William Shakespeare, reinforces the difference between major attitudes of Jacobean era, such as power struggle, insight, deception and love, through the conflict between characters and the intense human interrelations. Ultimately, it is the representation of these intense human relationships that captivates the audience. In both the main plot and the subplot, it is the complications in the relationship between father and child, which expresses the issues of power struggle, insight, deception and love. The primary example is Gonerill and Regans false declarations of love and loyalty to their father, King Lear. The hyperbole I love you more than word can wield the matter, dearer than eyesight, space and liberty emphasises Gonerills deception of her father through flattery. This is juxtaposed to Cordelias rational statement that I cannot heave my heart into my mouth reveals her true dedication and love for her father. Her subsequent banishment by her father reveals Lears lack of insight.