Man More Sinn

" I am a man more sinned against than sinning," this is Lear's evaluation of himself when he is at his weakest. To sin is to contravene the rules of God, as this play is set in times before the church played an active role in running the state the king was the only one who could say what is wrong or right. This quotation is derived from the storm scene in Act 3 Scene 2. Before we …

…Even if we measure up the sins by and sins committed against Lear we cannot say that, "I am a man more sinned against than sinning," is completely true. Only when dead Cordelia is held in Lear's arms we can be made to sympathise with Lear. Overall we can conclude that this is a just end for Lear's abuse of power and arrogance at the throne and deserved a compromising climax for his traumatized life.