1. Literary Focus: King Lear - Storm Scene
Lear is exposed without shelter to the pelting of the pitiless storm, and he gets wilder with its wildness. ... He has experienced that there is no moral values in human life. ... He calls on them to blow and crack their cheeks, to drown the churches to the steeples; they can never reach the height of his passion. ... Lear's sin is not so great as the punishment he is facing and he cries: "I am a man more sinned against than sinning. " Lear concentrates all his attentions on the moral significant of storm. ...
- Word Count: 986
- Approx Pages: 4
- Grade Level: High School