The Impacts of the Improbable Events in King Lear

Q: What are the improbabilities or illogical events in King Lear, and what impact do they have on the general effect of the tragedy?
A: King Lear is full of events that just couldn't happen in real life. Some of it's most important concepts are based around just plain silly events.
The first illogical event that I will pick out of Shakespeare's King Lear, is the fact that King Lear and his wife couldn't have any offspring that were boys. All she had were three girls. Then King Lear gives up his power by splitting up his kingdom between the three women. This is what causes all of the misfortunate series of events in King Lear's life.

Second, Edgar always seem to be in the right place at the right time. When he ends up in the shack King Lear takes refuge in during the storm, and when Gloucester is thrown out onto the streets after his eyes have been gauged out. He is there to save the day at the most random parts of the books. It actually seems as though most the time the characters meet up in this play on accident. After Gloucester has taken his "fall", and Edgar and Gloucester are together in Dover, King Lear randomly comes into the scene. Each of these people random meeting up brought something new to the play. When Lear runs into Gloucester and Edgar in Dover, We see further that Gloucester is letting himself lose his mind, and wants to let go just like King Lear.

Third ( the most unbelievable event of all) is Gloucester's "fall". Okay, seriously who thinks they have fallen of a huge cliff after just tripping over yourself. This is ridiculous. But it is important to the play because it slowly shows Gloucester letting go, and wanting to end his life.

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