Part II: Dig Out Your Soul

In the end, it seems that King Lear argues that it is up to the individual person to decide whether their actions are good or evil. Lear is the one that makes the final call on whether he'd ruled justly and whether he'd treated his daughters the way he should have, just as Gloucester was the only one who could justly decide if his actions were traitorous or justified, or how Kent was the only one who could judge if his loyalty was earned. In the end, these men were the only ones who could decide if their actions where correct. It may be a small-scale version of the question of "Good vs. Evil," but the basic idea still remains: the outside world can judge a person's actions, but it is ultimately up to the individual that committed whatever act it was to decide if what they do is good or evil. At least, that is the argument that King Lear seems to make. However, there is no real answer to the question of who decides what is good and evil.