1. The Disguise in King Lear
... with superficial pomp. In lines 35-36 (act 3, scene 4), he orders himself, concerning his royal custom, to"...Shake the superflux to them/ and show the heavens more just". Undressed, Lear is like poor Tom, a free man in a 'state of nature' without debts for the superfluity of civilized life and flattery of the court (Charney in Colie 79). Acording ... ...
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