SOURCE: "King Lear: The Lear Family Romance," in The Centennial Review, Vol. XXIII, No. 4, Fall, 1979, pp. 348-76.
Below, Berger examines the relationship Lear has with his daughters by analyzing the psychological motivations for Lear's and his daughters' actions. Berger observes that the characters in the play tend to downplay their own contributions to their problems while intensifying the role of others.
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