King Lear

After reading King Lear by the respected William Shakespeare, I honestly had no idea what was going on in the story, I mean the beginning I was going with the flow, but the the middle, when Edgar and Edmund came up, I was like what?! I had no idea what was going on, I don't know what does Edmund and Edgar and their father have to do with the King, and I don't get it. At all. But I will say my reflection on the parts that I do get, which is the beginning on the story, when King Lear is about to die, and wants his daughters to please him with words and see how much land he is going to give them. Okay, honestly, I think this is absolutely absurd, what does words mean to King Lear? Huh? You can't describe your love to someone with only words. Words to me, are at the same time, the most shallow and yet the most deepest expression of all. It's all the matter of how you take it. Words, are very important, one word, one sentence, can affect the person completely, and because words mean so much, many people take advantage of words, they say things that they don't really mean, and this is what I mean by the most shallow. You can't just say words that you don't mean, it's called a lie. The importance of words depends on the situation, like this situation, I would say words don't mean anything. Seriously, King Lear is just going to hear what the daughters have to say, in order to determine how much land he is going to give them, two totally different things. They're "parallel" they never intersect. If he favors Cordelia the most, there must be a reason why, I'm pretty sure it's not the reason she could speak well, or knows how to please people, but because she is honest. Not because she kisses a**. (I apologize for the improper language) So my reflection on King Lear is, to not take advantage of words, and always think twice before you say it, because once it's said, it's out. Also, becareful of what you write, because same, once it's written, it's forever there, a mark right there, you can't erase it.