Mistakes and undesirable consequences lead humans into redemption, and the rejuvenation of the soul, the cleansing of the spirit comes after a period of misery and pain. In his play King Lear, William Shakespeare creates a story of spiritual blindness, sin, and penalties. Each character including Albany, Edmund, Gloucester, and King Lear suffer from spiritual loss of sight and obtain the intuition to follow the cycle of sin, redemption, and regeneration. A spiritual veil covers …showed first 75 words of 1379 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1379 total…stumble, consequence makes a man fall, and "eternity" makes a man repent. We as human being have to realize that the stars aren't responsible for what happens to us. Luck doesn't cause good or bad things to happen to us but the fault, the tragedy of human existence and even the brief moments of love and beauty that we experience lie not in the stars but in ourselves. Lives lived without virtue aren't worth living