There is no clearly defined or "exact" meaning of King Lear. No reputable modern critic claims to have found answers to the questions the play poses about human nature, universal order, and justice. Nor is there a single, identifiable source of Lear's tragedy, although various commentators have proposed that it may have its origin in human will, divine malice, or cosmic absurdity. Rather than attempting to "explain" the play, Northrop Frye suggests, try to "see.....
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