Deception and lies are what makes King Lear a tragedy. The play is a result, of the consequences triggered off by lies and falsehoods that were told in King Lea's family, as well as in the family of the Earl of Gloucester. In this play, Shakespeare added a sub-plot to the main-plot and both are based on the same events, differing slightly according to the story. The main-plot involves Lear and his three daughters whereas …showed first 75 words of 784 total…

…showed last 75 words of 784 total…rivalry, egoism and ill-natured ends. The events that made up the main-plot are reflected in the process of the sub-plot. Lear and Gloucester both fall victim to the conspiracy of their children, who wanted to take all they had. Cordelia and Edgar were both banished even though ironically they were the two most truthful and honest of the lot. In Shakespeare's play King Lear he main-plot and sub-plot are in perfect co-ordination of each other.