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The Harrowing Storm Scene in Shakespeare's King Lear

King Lear's iconic storm scene displays a convergence of external and internal turmoil, mirroring Lear's descent into madness as nature rages. The interaction between Lear and the Fool evolves, showcasing themes of senility, defiance, and fragility. This pivotal scene highlights Lear's changing perception of the storm's elements and his own sense of self, culminating in a harrowing representation of crisis.

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The Harrowing Storm Scene in Shakespeare's King Lear

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  1. This scene of Lear raging in a storm out on a desolate heath is one of the most famous in all of Shakespearean plays. It is the dramatic heart of the play as we see Lear’s madness mirrored by the violence of nature. King Lear: 3.2 The Storm Scene As you read this scene notice the three different ways in which King Lear views the storm. • How many different elements does the storm have? • How does Lear change in a significant way near the end of the scene? • How have the Fool’s humor and his message changed from previous scene?

  2. The Storm • The storm in Lear "works" artistically on a number of levels: the elemental storm, the social storm which shakes the divided kingdom, the inner storm that drives Lear mad, all are interconnected and reinforce one another to achieve a most extraordinary and harrowing representation of crisis

  3. King Lear: 3.2 The Storm Scene

  4. King Lear: 3.2 The Storm Scene

  5. King Lear: 3.2 The Storm Scene

  6. King Lear: 3.2 The Storm Scene

  7. King Lear: 3.2 The Storm Scene

  8. Lear Storm/ Rage comparison Inner storm reflects outer storm and vice versa Appropriateness of Interaction w/ Fool Effects (camera angles/music) Overall effectiveness Senility Fragility Defiance Intensity Holm Lear Storm/ Rage comparison Olivier McKellan

  9. Oliver: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aaBmRXz z54 Holm: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-Z- eezXxNw McKellen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn9V3gtw Mrc&list=PLCCSXb0UNzwEBlmPgyl9ZyE3xdO9V 53Jg

  10. Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow! You cataracts and hurricanoes, spout Till you have drench'd our steeples, drown'd the cocks! You sulphurous and thought-executing fires, Vaunt-couriers to oak-cleaving thunderbolts, Singe my white head! And thou, all-shaking thunder, Smite flat the thick rotundity o' the world! Crack nature's moulds, an germens spill at once, That make ingrateful man!

  11. Rumble thy bellyful! Spit, fire! spout, rain! Nor rain, wind, thunder, fire, are my daughters: I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness; I never gave you kingdom, call'd you children, You owe me no subscription: then let fall Your horrible pleasure: here I stand, your slave, A poor, infirm, weak, and despised old man: But yet I call you servile ministers, That have with two pernicious daughters join'd Your high engender'd battles 'gainst a head So old and white as this. O! O! 'tis foul!

  12. Let the great gods, That keep this dreadful pother o'er our heads, Find out their enemies now. Tremble, thou wretch, That hast within thee undivulged crimes, Unwhipp'd of justice: hide thee, thou bloody hand; Thou perjured, and thou simular man of virtue That art incestuous: caitiff, to pieces shake, That under covert and convenient seeming Hast practised on man's life: close pent-up guilts, Rive your concealing continents, and cry These dreadful summoners grace. I am a man More sinn'd against than sinning.

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