t the storm’s fury is equated with the unnatural treatment he has received from Goneril and Regan. As opposed to the previous examples. In this case it is the human behavior that is affecting and disturbing nature.Throughout King Lear there are violation of the laws of nature. These violations of nature’s rules, specifially, Lear’s disclaming of Cordelia, and Edmund’s betrayal of his father and brother are the causes for the destruction of the characters, that is, the death of the two families. The process of disturbance in nature’s laws leading to destruction of human lives applies both ways. It is because of disturbed human behavoir, namely Lear’s behavoir, that nature is disturbed, which brings about the storm. Shakespeare is basing his characters’ suffering on the fact that the characters in his play did not respect and obey the rules of nature. Perhaps by emphasizing the significance of the role that nature plays in human lives. Shakespeare is trying to increase the awareness of the people of his time to the importance of nature’s rules, and by that, remind them not to doubt and go against what is accepted for it might result in paing and distruction. Shakespeare accomplishes this through showing the readers the destruction of his characters that was rooted in their violation of the accepted rules of nature. ...
