Oedipus

King Lear & Oedipus!
    King Lear and Oedipus are two different characters, in two different literatures but when comparing them, they have many similarities with their differences. King Lear and Oedipus Rex were written at different times and are both well-known literatures. They are both tragic heroes and had suffered tremendously because of their actions.
    Being tragic heroes, they're both well known as a king. They're both liked by people but even with everyone around them trying to protect them, they're a victim to bad decisions and therefore suffered consequences. Isocosta and Teiresias both tried to warn Oedipus of his fate and they tried to protect him but his pride got in the way and he had to suffer the consequences. King Lear was greatly protected by people that loved him, Cordelia, Kent, Albany, and many others but in the end, they couldn't protect him because his decisions were too great to fix in time. Oedipus and King Lear were the good characters in their literatures but they had to suffer to realize their mistakes. They both cared too much about their image and what the public thought of them. King Lear and Oedipus shared a motive behind their actions and it was pride. They let they're pride come in between their decisions. King Lear let his evil daughters', Goneril and Regan, flattery affect his decisions and when his favorite daughter, Cordelia, was the only one being honest, his ego was hurt and therefore he rejected and disowned her. He cared more about how everyone saw him instead of honesty and took the lies Goneril and Regan told him instead thinking clearly because of his pride. King Lear suffered with pride through out the whole story. He was too proud to listen to his evil daughters because he wanted to be respected as the king, so he refused to minimize the number of knights he had; when he agreed to, it was too late because Goneril and Regan did not accept his deal anymore. He threw himself into the wild because he was just too...