King Lear: Rejection An important idea present in William Shakespeare's " King Lear " is rejection and the role this rejection plays in the experiences of the involved characters. The important ideas to be considered here are the causes and effects associated with the act of rejection. The most important situations to be considered in the story of " King Lear " are those that develop between the two fathers, Lear and Gloucester, and their children, Goneril and Regan, Cordelia, Edmund, and Edgar. Each case falls on a different plane, but it is important to consider the similarities between the positions of Lear and Gloucester. The rejection of Lear