...beast no hide, the sheep no wool, the 106 cat no perfume. Ha! here's three on's are sophisticated. 107 Thou art the thing itself; unaccommodated man is no...but such a poor, bare, forked animal as thou art. 109 Off, off, you lendings! Come, unbutton here. [Begins to disrobe.] no FOOL Prithee, nuncle, be contented;'tis...

...owest the worm no silk, the beast no hide, the sheep no wool, the cat no perfume. Here's three on 's are sophisticated; thou art the thing itself. Unaccommodated...but such a poor, bare, forked animal as thou art. (n .92—7) It charts his descent into madness, but also points the poignancy of his resumption of...

...ow'st the worm no silk, the beast no hide, the sheep no wool, the cat no perfume. Ha? Here's three on's are sophisticated; thou art the thing itself. Unaccommodated...but such a poor, bare, forked animal as thou art" (3.4.101-6). He then starts taking off his clothes to follow Tom's example. The influence of Montaigne's...

...existence . ' Is man no more than this?' Similarly it is exemplified in Edgar only when he feigns madness. 'Thou art the thing itself: unaccommodated man is...but such a poor, bare, forked animal as thou art. ' Superfluity and civilization is represented by clothing. In wishing to identify himself with the...

...the superfluous self is manifested again on the heath when Lear recognizes in Edgar the ding an sich: "Thou art the thing itself. Unaccommodated man is...but such a poor, bare, forked animal as thou art" (3.4.110-12). Interestingly, this "thing itself is the same man who, upon his flight from father and...

...the beast no hide, the sheep no wool, 97 the cat no perfume. Here's three on's are sophisticated. 98 Thou art the thing itself. Unaccommodated man is no...but such a poor, bare, forked animal as thou art. 100 [Removing his clothes] Off, off, you lendings, come on. 101 FOOL Prithee, nuncle, be content. This...

...the beast no hide, the sheep no wool, the cat no perfume. Ha! here's three on's [ie, he, Kent, Fool] are sophisticated; thou art the thing itself; unaccommodated...art. Off, off, you lendings! Come; unbutton here. (100-7)85 Clolhintj, to Lear's unfastened mind, represents - or better still, epitomizes - the artificial,...

...battle with it even though it ends in defeat. When Lear looks at Edgar in his near nakedness, he says, "Thou art the thing itself; unaccommodated man is...but such a poor, bare, forked animal as thou art," but if human beings are no more than that, they are also no less the way Goneril and Regan in their...

...ow'st the worm no silk, the beast no hide, the sheep no wool, the cat no perfume. Ha! Here's three on's are sophisticated! Thou art the thing itself; unaccommodated...art. Off, off, you lendings. Come, unbutton here. [Tears at his clothes.] (III.iv.105-14) Lear's language remains the same after the storm is over. In...

...ow'st the worm no silk, the beast no hide, the sheep no wool, the cat no perfume. Ha? Here's three on's us are sophisticated; thou art the thing itself. Unaccommodated...poor, bare, forked animal as thou art. Off, off, you landings: come, unbutton here." This famous speech is closely linked to Montaigne's discussion in the...