By being brought so low, Lear empathies with wretches who have little to no protection against the storm. He laments that he should have paid closer attention to the condition of the poor and publicly states that people should experience what he is experiencing so that they will give their excess wealth to wretches. Shakespeare may have created this scene in order to sensitize his audience, wealthy aristocrats, to the plights of the poor so that they may help them.
Gloucester comments how being in such a high social position has made him careless in not appreciating what he had. As a result, it is only after he was blinded that he understood the many advantages he had in life compared to other people.
Gloucester tells Edgar that his personal
Gloucester comments how being in such a high social position has made him careless in not appreciating what he had. As a result, it is only after he was blinded that he understood the many advantages he had in life compared to other people.
Gloucester tells Edgar that his personal