King Lear

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   pmiranda2857 Teacher
   High School - 11th Grade

   In Act II, Scene IV the King, unhappy with both his daughters for refusing to house both he and his knights, curses them for forsaking him in his old age, and then leaves the home of Regan and goes outside where a fierce storm is brewing up, blowing, with lightening and thunder.  

   He tells them that he cannot remain with them under the harsh and unforgiving conditions that they have set. 

   "No, rather I abjure all roofs, and choose
   To wage against the enmity o' the air;
   To be a comrade with the wolf and owl", (Act II, Scene IV) 

   The cruelty of the betrayal by his daughters, as well as their disregard for his health, lead King Lear to go mad as he wanders in the harsh elements of the storm.

    

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   Posted by pmiranda2857 on Monday May 26, 2008 at 4:20 PM
   
   

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