The purpose of this evaluation is to make a clinical observation and diagnosis of the patient, King Lear. The patient before the traumatic events is showing symptoms of predisposed insanity. In the beginning of the play the irrational actions of dividing the kingdom, rejecting Cordelia his youngest, most loved daughter, and the banishment of his dedicated vassal Kent. “Here I disclaim all my paternal care/Propinquity and property of blood/And as a stranger to my heart and me.” (Act I, Scene I 114-116). These hasty actions lead me to believe that the patient as an ill-balanced mind and there is a presence of a disease. Kent only tells King Lear he is insane to reward the flattery of his older daughters and disown Cordelia, who loves him more than her sisters do. “Let it fall rather, though the fork invade/The region of my heart:be Kent unmannerly/When Lear is mad. What wouldst thou do, old man? (Act I, Scene I 145-148). Lear turns his anger on Kent, banishing him from the kingdom and telling him that he must be gone within six days. The patient has a tendency to jump to conclusions in a negative way, Kent is trying to advise the patient on his actions of rejecting Cordelia, and in turn he is banished. The patient’s mind is suspicious of others intentions and he is creating problems for himself doubting his friends and his family. As the play progresses, King Lear faces traumatic events that trigger his disease causing his downfall. The trauma one faces is in Act 1 Scene 4, when Goneril expresses her hospitality towards her father. Goneril notifies the patient that his servants and knights have been so disorderly that he will have to send fifty of his men away whether he likes it or not. The patient reacts in rage and repents ever handing his power over to Goneril. He curses his daughter, “Hear, Nature, hear, dear goddess, hear/ Suspend thy purpose if thou didst intend/To make this creature fruitful/ Into her womb convey sterility/Dry up in her organs of...