Restructuring Relationships in King LearThe play “King Lear” is about a search for personal identity. In the historical period in which this play takes place, the social structure was established in the order of things closest to Heaven. So on Earth the king was at the top, followed by his nobles and down to the lowest objects like rocks and dirt. This structure was put in place by the people, and based on the principle that everything man-made is imperfect, this system cannot exist for long without conflict. Through the tattered clothes, small vices appear; dresses and fur-lined dresses hide everything. Plate sin with gold, and the strong spear of righteousness breaks; (IV, vi). The chaos that occurs in “King Lear” is due to the reshaping of bonds within society. So naturally, links must be broken, preserved and above all formed. This rearrangement of connections is necessary for Lear to understand his personal identity. Broken bonds include the relationships between King Lear and his two eldest daughters (Regan and Goneril), between Glouster and Edmund, and also between Edmund and Edgar. Lear and Cordelia; Lear and Kent; Glouster and Edgar include the connections that exist at the beginning and end of the play. At the end of the play, Lear is able to reconcile with himself and with nature. To reorganize ties, it is necessary to abandon those based on money, power, land and deception. In the case of Lear, Goneril and Regan, his two daughters deceived their father for personal gain. Furthermore, they had not intended to maintain the connection with their father once they had gotten what they wanted. Goneril says "We have to do something, and I'm hot." (I, i, 355), meaning they want to gain more power over themselves while they can. Thanks to the betrayal of his two daughters, Lear was able to understand that he is not as respected as he believes. The broken relationship between Edmund, his half-brother, Edgar, and his father, Glouster, also deteriorates in favor of material goods. At the end of the play, Edgar has recognized who his brother really is and when he confronts him, he says "the more it has harmed me"....