Synonyms:
Lear, King_Lear
Meaning: the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters
Synonyms:
Lear, Edward_Lear
Meaning: British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888)
Usage examples
All these motives for Lear's conduct are absent in Shakespeare's play.
What monument sublimer than "Lear," sterner than "The Merchant of Venice," more dazzling than "Romeo and Juliet," more amazing than "Richard III"?
So that neither do the characters of Lear nor Othello nor Falstaff nor yet Hamlet in any way confirm the existing opinion that Shakespeare's power consists in the delineation of character.
The characters of this drama, that of King Lear, and especially of Cordelia, not only were not created by Shakespeare, but have been strikingly weakened and deprived of force by him, as compared with their appearance in the older drama.