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When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.”
King Lear, Act 1, Scene 1. In this passage Kent shows his immense loyalty to and love for King Lear, saying that he has always loved him like he was his father (simile). Kent will prove this love throughout the play and remain steadfastedly devoted to the king.
Lear is astonished by the sight of Poor Tom, who is practically naked. He realizes that without the benefits of clothes, food, and shelter, humans are little more than animals. King Lear returns repeatedly to the idea that only wealth and social status make human life bearable.
Jul 2, 2015 · “When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: ‘If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right,'” Jobs said. “It...
This section explains the key quotes in the play King Lear by William Shakespeare. These quotes illustrate the key themes of King Lear: power, family loyalty, justice, madness, and human suffering.
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in King Lear, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. The tragic errors that King Lear and Gloucester make in misjudging their children constitute a form of figurative blindness—a lack of insight into the true characters of those around them.
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