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Blindness – The Cause of the Triumph of Evil In all pieces of work that Shakespeare has created his goal was to entertain but to also educate people about life. In his play King Lear one thing that he wanted to teach the audience was about how being blind to the truth can influence the world in a negative way. In this play the two characters of King Lear and Gloucester are blinded from the truth and it starts to allow evil to rule and destroy the innocent and good. Even though this lesson was taught in this play the motif of blindness is still found in the world. One of the biggest events in history that could have prevented if people were not blind to the truth was WWII. King Lear is the main character of this play and he is the prime example of blindness and how it can destroy order and good. His character is one of stubbornness and he lacks vision about the truth. This is because he is self-centered even though he is empty inside. This lack of insight into people’s character and their intentions turn out to be his downfall and eventually his death. The first mistake he made that was caused by his blindness was the giving away of his land to his daughters. He states, “Which of you shall we sat doth love us most? T