Link between evil and tragedy in King Lear

Most of the critics have identified the disappearance of the fool, but they have not properly accounted for it. The few critics who have tried to account for the disappearance have stated that it was associated with Cordelia’s return. This is however, not the most optimal account of the disappearance. In essence, the fool disappears because he is said to be inadequate for playing the role of the anatomy of the evil, which is the major business of the play. The fool is then replaced by Edgar, who becomes the major anatomist for the better part of the play (Mack & Maynard, 29). According to him, it is this tragedy which brought about evil to the world. The King has no one to blame but himself.

His decisions and actions, troops, power and preeminence are the major tragedies turns the world up-side down. The Fool presents jibes which taunt Lear of the consequences of his actions to himself as well as to the world. The fool even says that he is better than Lear, despite being a fool. For example, proverbs 13:7 talks of two men; a poor man who has nothing but pretends to be rich, and a poor man but rich in wisdom. This Bible verse applies to the scenario between Lear and the Fool basically because of the levels of wisdom they portray. The rich person who is expected to be wiser has no substance to offer. Yet, that other person who seems to be poor, is not necessarily poor, but full in wisdom.

There are other more verses that can be quoted from the Bible, more so from the same book of Proverbs. It is however clear that Lear is responsible for his tragedies caused by his daughters. The daughters becomes evil and gets the opportunity to torment him just because of his folly. The daughters had the ability to create more malice because they had the opportunity. For instance, Hamlet in his words says that, “The cat will mew, the dog will have its day. ” This means that, at last both the Fool and Lear agree on the same point, that prudence has no place in a community where both power and privilege hold sway, but the community will be run by evil forces.