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…showed last 75 words of 1634 total…tragedy is initiated by the banishment of Kent and Cordelia. Lear's pride not only altered his live alone, instead, it affected everyone around him down to the bottom of the social chain. Moreover, the realization of his true quality, pains and sufferings eventually leads to his tragic death which the most obvious element in a tragedy. Because Lear fulfills the 'formula' of Shakespearean Tragedy, he could be firmly proven as tragic hero in the play.