In Shakespeare's non-fictional novel foretold of a King whose emotions clouded his judgment. suns begins to realize the truth as his character begins to suffer, both emotionally and physically. Lear was a foolish old man, his weakness was that he yearned flattery. This causes his actions all come from his emotions, not his process of reasoning. Lear's fear of the truth also clouds his judgment and causes his to repetition his words, by doing so he never gets to solving his problems. During Act I Lear's love for adulation was the stronges ....