The Death of Cordelia in William Shakespeare's King Lear King Lear is a tragedy unlike any other written by William Shakespeare. It focuses on the psychological downfall of a powerful King. It proves that as long as a nation has a king on the throne all is well, but as soon as a king steps off the throne nothing but chaos transpires. The downfall of the king results in the downfall of the kingdom. More …showed first 75 words of 1286 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1286 total…by the error or guilt of others" (Bradley, 212) which is a heart wrenching end to a tragic play. As painful as it is for the audience to read of Cordelia's death it completes the cycle of the wheel barreling down the hill. It does not stop unil it reaches the bottom, and unfortunately at the bottom is the helpless Cordelia who cannot get out of the way to be saved from the hand of evil.