This paper is written about one of the greatest works of the greatest playwright of all time, King Lear by William Shakespeare, is an unforgettably disturbing story of unbearable injustice and cruelty as well as of unseen loyalty and love. Most of all, it is, from beginning to end, a tale of deception, and not just any kind, but filial deception as well as fraternal deception and deception in relationships by affinity.