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…showed last 75 words of 229 total…deceit and betrayal that underlies troubled families. The story of the Cook family is almost a carbon copy of the saga of the Lear family. The head both households, the father, is eventually driven to insanity by the incessant scheming within their respective households. Both Mr. Cook and King Lear are wealthy and powerful and it is that wealth and power that seem to interest their family more than fatherly love and companionship. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**