Table 3 Reality paradigms shift in King Lear.
From: Beyond relational work: a psycho-pragmatic analysis of impoliteness in Shakespeare’s King Lear
Character | Reality paradigm | Psycho-pragmatic interpretation | |
|---|---|---|---|
Before conflictual interaction | After conflictual interaction | ||
Lear | Narcissistic grandiosity and power paradigm | Humility and weakness paradigm | Influences the production, reception, and judgment of impoliteness between interlocutors |
Cordelia | Truth, reticent and inability paradigm | Gratitude and self-sacrificing paradigm | |
Goneril and Regan | Flattery and self-interest paradigm | Ingratitude and power paradigm | |
Kent | Faithfulness and advice paradigm | Altruistic loyalty paradigm | |
