Love is in many ways self-destructive although there is a note of hope it is balanced against the fate of true love (the play seems pessimistic from this view-point). Those who offer true and sincere love seem to be punished for it. Lear and Gloucester learn from true love and self-knowledge only to die so surely the pessimism is confirmed.

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