| Nothing will come of nothing | Lear says this after Cordelia says ‘nothing’ it means that if you give nothing, you will get nothing, it is basically how the society works |
| O ruined piece of nature | Lear values nature above anything, so the fact it is ruined highlights the downfall of the world |
| Is this the promised end? | Edmund reiterates what Lear says at the beginning ‘While we unburdened crawl toward death’ by saying that that crawl has reached the end |
| While we unburdened crawl toward death | Lear knows that everyone will die at some point, as he is old (older than the average age of death) he knows his will be soon – hence the division |
| The idea of creation from nothing…runs completely contrary to Lear’s doctrine | … |
Nihilism – King Lear
July 30, 2019