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Abstract
King Lear is a timeless exposition of humankind’s attempt to find meaning amidst the ceaseless turbulence of existence. This entails navigating the disintegrating pulls of nature and harmful human action that exist alongside affiliative, life-promoting gestures shown toward one another. As the predictability and safety afforded by social and two-dimensional psychic constructs collapse, several characters in this play are forced to reckon with the untamed, less organized realms of the mind and natural world. This leads to movements toward psychic paralysis and disintegration, as well as toward growth and interpersonal healing, dynamics that hinge on the characters’ internal structuring.
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Notes
1 In this manuscript, excerpts from the play were taken from The Arden Shakespeare, 3rd Series, edited by R. A. Foakes, Citation2005.
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Christopher W. T. Miller
Christopher W. T. Miller, M.D., is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst practicing at the University of Maryland Medical Center and an associate professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He has published and lectured on educational frameworks for teaching psychotherapy, on the intersection of the neurosciences and psychotherapy, and on psychodynamic dimensions of film and literature.