... at once, / That make ingrateful man!" (Act III, scene 2, 7-11), he begins to view the storm as a manifestation of the gods, who have come to punish the world. Shakespeare uses onomatopoeia with words such as crack and strike to obtain a poetic effect that displays the storm-like and turbulent nature of Lear's mind. When Kent begs Lear to go inside a hovel ... ...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School