2. The sky, the storm, and the natural world. At the opening of the Act 3, which

2. The sky, the storm, and the natural world. At the opening of the Act 3, which is set on the blasted heath, Kent asks a gentleman, “Who’s there, besides foul weather?” and he replies: “One minded like the weather, most unquietly” (3.1.1-2). Here, the human psyche parallels the disorder and violence of nature. What does Lear’s unraveling alongside the disorder of the state and the raging storm convey about humans’ place in the universe? In a soliloquy in Act I Scene I, Gloucester muses: “These late eclipses in the sun and moon portend no good for us” (1.1.109-110). How do references to the heavens and celestial bodies help express the characters’ understandings of the role of nature and the gods in their lives? How does King Lear use parallels between the human world and the natural world to explore existential themes?

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