THE REALITY

OF LOVE.

PRESENTED BY HAJRA
KHAN
The Christian background

The Shakespeare’s audience was familiar with Christian

teaching about love.

In Matthew 15:8 Jesus quote when He says.

“These people honor me with their lips,

But their hearts are far from me”
 THE LOVE TEST

The way Lear formulates his love-test is itself very revealing. He asks:

“which of you shall we say does love most? (Act 1 scene 1)”

Goneril Regan Cordelia

What shall Cordelia
she loves her father more than "eyesight, “I find she names my very deed speak? Love, and be
space, and liberty," and that her love is of love, only she comes too silent.
"beyond what can be valued." short, that I profess.
 Cordelia’s reaction.

As to prove that love is not something which can be

quantified in such an artificial way.

She says:

“I love your Majesty

”
According to my bond: no more no less .

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 Love Transformed

Lear undergoes transformation in his understanding

of love.

After much suffering Lear learned the reality of

love.

Their kneeling before one another symbolizes a new

relationship based on humility and trust.