... . It is possibly for this reason that King Lear is such a natural play, as apposed to Macbeth or Hamlet which would be more super-natural. The vast majority of the play is set outside, which give Shakespeare the opportunity to draw his language from the characters" surroundings, which may also explain the extensive use of "nature" and "animal" imagery throughout. Lear ... , as G. Wilson Knight suggests, "The evil of mankind is often regarded as essentially a defacing of "nature" or human nature, as human nature is moral". However, many of the "evil" characters are the ones who act, most o...

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