King Lear

The storm in King Lear symbolizes both the chaos in Lear's mind and the political turmoil in Britain. It reflects Lear's inner turmoil, madness, and fall from power, as he is exposed to the elements,...

Lear's wanderings on the heath are narrated before he is seen because Shakespeare's stage was small and bare, unable to visually depict such a scene. Instead, he used descriptive language to create...