Problem
Write three paragraphs, one paragraph to answer each of questions 1), 2), and 3). In proper paragraph format and using specific quotations properly cited from Act answer the following three questions:
1) How does the opening Act of King Lear effectively demonstrate the initial situation and downward movement from Aristotle's structure of tragedy?
2) How do references to three of the four principal motifs (nature and the unnatural, sanity/madness, and "nothing") reinforce the downward movement of Lear's perception of his own identity?
3) How do the speeches of Lear's daughters, the Fool, and Kent also show this downward movement, regarding Lear's position?