1. Nobelness or wisdom
   1. king
   2. fall from grace
   3. wealthier upper class
2. Tragic flaw
   1. arrogance
      1. calls himself
         1. jupiter
         2. apollo
      2. believes
         1. Goneril
         2. Regan
      3. Kent
         1. hurts his pride
            1. disobaying
            2. questioning
   2. Pride
      1. results
         1. banished
            1. kent
            2. cordeila
      2. glouster
         1. eyes
   3. helps audience feel for them
3. reversal of fortune
   1. G&R
      1. first welcomed
      2. thrown out of homes
   2. Subtopic 2
4. epiphany
   1. Storm
      1. Pathetic Fallacy
         1. Grows as Lear gets madder
         2. Lessens as Lear gets saner
      2. Makes Lear realize he is insignificant
         1. Storm ignores him
         2. Helps Lear face life and politics
         3. Devine intervention?
      3. echos Lear's
         1. inner turmoil
         2. Madness
   2. downfall
      1. grace
      2. broken heart
      3. "a very foolish fond old man"
   3. Daughters
      1. sees true faces
         1. goneral
         2. regan
         3. cordelia
5. Traits
   1. leader
   2. nobel
      1. imperfect
   3. doomed
      1. no responsibility
   4. suffer
      1. more then deserved
   5. see and understand his doom
   6. arouse
      1. fear
      2. empathy
      3. pity
   7. wounded
      1. physically
      2. spiritually