Shakespeare?!

I am currently in the introduction to Shakespeare class, so obviously, he takes up a lot of my time and I feel like he deserves to be discussed on my blog post. The play that we just finished reading in class was King Lear and it was frustrating and heartbreaking, yet somehow ended perfectly. The whole play is rather absurd; Lear is basing how much land each daughter gets off of how much they "love him" which is verbally expressed in front of an audience of people. We all know how absurd this is, but Lear genuinely thinks it's a good way to determine the distribution of land, which in my opinion is a w ay for him to inflate his ego.
Cordelia tells Lear she cannot verbally express her love but she does love him. She also questions her sisters' sincerity for they both are married and if they truly loved Lear as much as they claim, they would never have gone off and gotten married. This upsets him and he banishes Cordelia. This ends up being a bad decision because her sisters end up with the land and they have evil intentions.
There is a side plot that mirrors Lear. This plot revolves around Gloucester and his relationship with his two sons. One of them is a bastard so he resents his father and his brother. He plots against his brother to get back at him and Gloucester. This reflects Cordelia's sisters because they are jealous that throughout most of their life, Cordelia was the favorite.
Both men are unable to see the true intentions of their children which causes them to spiral out of control. Lear becomes insane and cannot clearly think. Likewise, Gloucester is convicted for treason and consequently gets both of his eyes gouged out. One literally cannot see and the other physically cannot see.
Both of the men come to a tragic end. Cordelia, the one person who truly loves Lear, ends up dying. This, along with all the other trials that Lear recently faced, causes him to die. This tragic ending is known for being unpopular among viewers and critics so much to the point where someone decided  rewrite the ending for it o be less heartbreaking. I think that while it was indeed a sad ending, it was appropriate, Right from the start, Lear was naive and problematic. He was the one who banished Cordelia and gave his land to Regan and Goneril despite knowing that Cordelia had been the one that loves him most. Tragic plays in Shakespeare's time meant that the majority of people ended up dead. Lear had to take responsibility for his ridiculous actions. They needed consequences and Cordelia ended up having to pay the price for Lear's deeds.