King Lear by William Shakespeare

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What happens when you can no longer tell the difference between loyalty and performance?In this episode, we explore King Lear by William Shakespeare, a tragedy that cuts deeply into questions of power, perception, and human error.At the centre is a leader who demands public declarations of love and rewards those who perform best. What follows is not just a personal downfall, but a collapse driven by misjudgement, ego, and the inability to recognise truth when it is uncomfortable.We examine Lear’s fatal decision, the parallel story of Gloucester, and the play’s enduring themes of blindness, authority, and identity. More importantly, we connect these ideas to modern life: how power distorts feedback, why honest voices are often ignored, and how easily judgement can fail under pressure.This episode is not just about Shakespeare’s world. It is about how we make decisions, whom we trust, and what it costs when we realise too late that we were wrong.

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