Kings back in Shakespearian times were revered as Gods in human form. King Lear wasn’t an exception to this, as he was seen as a great King whose word and decisions were always final. Even in modern times we put people such as celebrities on a high pedestal, dehumanizing them and making it impossible to believe that they could ever go through the same problems that the average person has. In the quote, Edgar is remarking on how comforting it is for our minds to see people that are higher up in the hierarchy have the same problems as a commoner does. In fact he states that it almost makes the commoner forget that they even have any problems. King Lear was an interesting play in that it shows the true colours of the human condition. No human
