Parallels within King Lear

In the story of King Lear there were various parallels between both King Lear and Gloucester.  Both of them had evil children who they trusted much more than the child theyshould havegiven their trust t, and when it came down to needing the children they trusted,they were betrayed. Edmund being Gloucesters evil and Reagan and Goneril being the evil children of King Lear. . The subplot of Gloucester and his two sons are extremely similar to main plot which involves King Lear and his daughters. By the end of the play these two plots basically share the same message.  Both King Lear and Gloucester were betrayed by the ones who they thought had their best interest in heart, but by the end it was the children they disowned who really cared about their overall well being. Both men make the fatal mistake of disowning the wrong child.. Gloucester has his eyes gouged, while King lear isnt physically blind, but he is blind to what all is really happening in his world. Though he can physically see, he isn't really understanding what has happen or what he has done.
Though Gloucester was literally blind, he along with King Lear were also blind to everything around them.. For example King Lear didnt realize how real Coredlias love for him was, as well as not recognzing that Goneril and reagan were doing nothing but telling him what he wanted to hear. Another example is how neither one of them could recognize who people were when they were dressed in disguise. King Lear didn't notice Kent the whole time he was disguised as his servant and Gloucester, though his eyes had been gouged didn't recognize the voice of his son Edgar while he was disguised as Tom. Both Edgar and Cordelia pretty much put what their fathers have done to them behind them and show their genuine love by sticking by their side throughout the story. Something else that caught my attention is how both Lear and Gloucester both start to realize exactly what was going on towards the end. They both develop spirtually after going through so many hardships throughout the story.

Lears Fool

Lears Fool:
King Lears fool tends to disappear after the third act.
I personally feel the fool was king Lears support system, he was there to be bluntly honest with King Lear, because none else could do so without being punished after telling King what was really going on.Though his main action was being honest with King Lear, he also wasnt much of a fool, He gave King Lear the best advice throughtout his journey and while he was going from daughter to daughter seeking shelter. He played the role of King Lears advisor in my opinion. Once he notcied the King starting to relaize exactly what was going on he was no longer needed. It was like the fools job was done. In some instances I do think The fool and Cordelia played the same role. Not meaning they were the same person, but their role was to advise the King and genuinely look after him, so in a way it was like once he fool was no longer there cordelia came back and she was there to look after him once the fool was gone. Even in the begining once the King got rid of Cordelia the fool was there and towards the end of the play the fool disappears, but Cordelia returns.