Exposure to human cruelty is a powerful force in changing one's character or outlook on life. This is demonstrated in William Shakespeare's play, King Lear. Throughout the play, it is seen that for a variety of reasons both King Lear and the Earl of Gloucester move from arrogance to humility and finally to wisdom. This pair's arrogance is evident through their gullibility and rash decisions, their humility shown through their loss of power and resulting …showed first 75 words of 1665 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1665 total…by learning from their mistakes and finally welcoming humility and humanization into their lives. Through all of this, it can be seen that power corrupts the mind and swells the heads of many leaders. How can it be that it takes a dose of these characters' own medicine to finally help them see that they too are no better than anyone else? Is the statement not true that two wrongs do not make a right?