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"In both plays, the main issues are resolved in the final scenes of the play." To what extent is this true for either King Lear or Henry IV part I? In King Lear, the main issue to be resolved is self-knowledge, duty of kingship and fatherhood, and clear vision. T ....

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.... as Lear does not have any 'sight' to see Kent's view and to understand the true extent of his decision to divide the kingdom. In the same scene, Lear also show the audience his failure to be a father, by using irrelevant judgements to divide land. "Which of you shall say doth love us most?" Lear asks his three daughters. To please Lear, Gonerill and Regan speak words of flattery and Cordelia, so 'true', says "I love you according to my bond." To hear this, Lear praises Gonerill and Regan by reward of land, but punishes Cordelia by "disclaim my paternal care, property and propinquity of blood." This demonstrates Lear's lack of understanding ....