Thoughts on King Lear

I recently completed understanding King Lear. Here's the conclusion of the paper I wrote which I'm sure we'll all love hearing more about soon:

Lear wishes to quantify and multiply everything he loves. "Let's have a party," Lear asserts, and pretty soon it's happening. When you're as rich and royal as Lear you have to watch out because everyone will be trying to take advantage of you pretty soon.

Lear defeats this in two manners:

1. By hiding his wealth in the cave or in the ugly doll the Fool owns.

2. By pretending he isn't that rich even when its embarrassing to do that. (For example, asking people if he can borrow their horses because he is too poor to have any, etc. In this way he also really does save money making him even more rich, also doing this impoverishes his friends slightly also increasing his relative wealth.)

It is lonely in Lear Castle and to make himself feel happy about it he uses his daughters and the Fool and makes or lets Kent come over. Lear gives things away in exchange for thank yous and generally plays the big man. Lear can never escape the crown that sits all around his brows to make him think very hard about responsibility and "What It Might Really Mean To Be The King". When there's no answer there's no problem. If Lear even thinks about what other people could be King it could make him sad or ragingly angered.