... , for your sisters Have (as I do remember) done me wrong: You have some cause, they have not. Cordelia: No cause, no cause. (4.7.72-74) In act 4, scene 6, Lear rejected conventional morality out of contempt for human nature and on the basis of the lowest possible view of human beings as indistinguishable from beasts. In act 4, scene 7, Lear and Cordelia rise above ... forms a sharp contrast to the beginning: Albany: Friends of my soul, you twain rule in this realm, and the gor'd state sustain. Kent: I have a journey, sir, shortly to go: my master calls me, I must not say no. Edgar: The w...

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... that Lear finally allows Kent (then disguised as Caius) to serve him after he flatters him. "[Kent] No, sir; but you have that in your countenance which I would fain call master. [Lear] What's that? [Kent] Authority- (I.IV, 25). Using "Classical- terms, Lear exhibits extreme hubris, or pride. It is only through extreme pain and suffering that Lear learns about humility , and ... on a human flaw "corruption, which is something that is conveniently looked over by Humanists when they place all their faith on the human condition. Both works can be considered morality plays written in a time...

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