King Lear : In the External World of Events Virtue is Not Always Triumphant
The unhappy ending of King Lear has been condemned on the ground of poetic justice. In great tragedies as in life, there is no poetic justice. Since Lear is a man more sinned against than sinning, in 1680 Nahum Tate, a minor dramatist, gives Shakespeare a happy ending. Edgar is made from the outset... Sign in to see full entry.