One of the key moments in Lear sees a mentally unstable and vulnerable Lear come face to face with Poor Tom. At this point in the play Lear has begun to show true humility and he now recognizes how little actually separates him from a creature such as Tom O'Bedlam. We had an interesting discussion today about what separates the "highest" and "lowest" in human society, and how far any of us truly are from either end of the spectrum.
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