/ Crack Nature's molds, all germens spill at once, / That make ingrateful man!" (Act III, scene 2, 7-11), he begins to view the storm as a manifestation of the gods, who have come to punish the world. Shakespeare uses onomatopoeia with words such as crack and strike to obtain a poetic effect that displays the storm-like and turbulent nature of Lear's mind.
When Kent begs Lear to go inside a hovel for shelter from the raging storm, Lear replies, "No, I will weep no more. [In such a night / To shut me out? Pour on. I will endure]" (act III, scene 4, 20-21. He would rather bear the fury of the storm than take shelter in the hovel. He only gives in after much urging from Kent, and decides to listen to Kent's pleas. Finally, Lear considers for the first time the plight of all shelter-less beggars, "O, I have ta"en / Too little care of this. Take physic, pomp. / Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, / That thou may'st shake the superflux to them / And show the heavens more just" (Act III, scene 4, 37-41. Lear's character has improved dramatically, for he know considers the fate and suffering of others and not just himself.
After the storm subsides, Lear is reunited with Cordelia, and his madness slowly fades. His joy at reconciliation with his daughter, even faced with imprisonment, outweighs any other concerns. Shakespeare has transformed Lear from a rash and egotistical old king into a more kindly and sympathetic character. It is not actually a transformation from evil to good, but rather a transformation from blindness into sight. .
Blindness is one of the central themes to the play, however it is not the physical sense of blindness. Blindness in King Lear is the inability to see past deception and see people for the way they truly are. The world cannot be seen only with eyes, but with a combination of mind, emotion, and heart. King Lear was blinded and unable to see Regan and Goneril for their true character.
