Eyesight in Sarah's key and King Lear

 To answer Ms. Romyn’s question about comparing the use of sight in Sarah's key and King Lear, I definitely think that there are some similarities. Previously I mentioned the quote "He closed his eyes"(pg163). Her father in law Edouard and all other Parisians during 1942 had closed their eyes on what their own country was doing to the Jewish people. They were not seeing what was right in front of them. This is like in King Lear, when Lear himself was not able to see the sins that he had committed. "I am a man more sinned against than sinning". (3.2 58-59) Also how he had cause disruption out of his own selfishness by banishing Cordelia. Gloucester also had his eyes closed, he was not able to that Edmund was setting him up, and it is not until he has no eyes at all that he is able to see truth. He can see the truth about Edgar and Edmund and what he has done. In Sarah's Key they all kept their eyes closed and Julia opens them for the family and makes them see the truth.