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Parallelism In Act III

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Parallelism in Act III In William Shakespeare’s tragedy King Lear, the existing parallel between the external storm and King Lear’s mind is underscored by violent imagery in Act III. When the King invokes the full fury of the storm III. ii. 1-9 and 14-20. King Lear is calling for the total annihilation of creation, due to the fact that he views the world as wild and ferocious and despises value and order. He sees a reflection of this collapse into moral disorder in the increasing intensity of animal imagery. This imagery becomes vicious and monstrous when Lear’s suffering deepens. For instance the gentleman states that: This night, wherein the cub-drawn bear would couch, The lion and the belly-pinched wolf Keep their fur dry, unbonneted

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