OK, so I finally finished reading King Lear. Then I read A Thousand Acres, by Jane Smiley. This book is based on King Lear, but in the current time, in the USA. It is set on a farm in the heartland of America in the 70's.
This book was really hard for me to read. Families are safe places that have to take you in no matter what, but they can also be exclusive to those on the fringe, like inlaws, meaning those married to children. And family members can be so mean to each other.
And much of it is based on what happens in childhood or old age. We should care for each other at those times, not try to grab for as much individual power and control at those times.
Anyway, I have had enough of King Lear and his daughters (may I saw three daughters). I am moving on the the story of Marconi, the inventor of the wireless. He was compulsive and weird, but not so mean.