...with the madman. He offers 'Tom' money to take him to the cliffs of Dover. Lear's newfound compassion Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide...your houseless heads and unfed sides, Your loop'd and window' d raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these? O! I have ta'en Too little care of this....

...speech of social consciousness directs compassion specifically at homeless wretches: You houseless poverty — Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are,...How shall your houseless heads and unfed sides, Your looped and windowed raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these? O, I have ta'en Too little care...

...capable of voicing the immensely humane sympathy for the poor and dispossessed that we find in King Lear: Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide...How shall your houseless heads and unfed sides Your looped and windowed raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these?23 could subsequently play an...

...emotional development. New York: International Universities Press. Empathy: Facilitators and Barriers Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide...How shall your houseless heads and unfed sides, Your loopt and windowed raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these? O, I have ta'en Too little care...

...health? How applicable is the term 'Christian Communism' to this state of mind? Poor naked wretched, wheresoe'er you are. That bide the pelting of this...How shall your houseless heads and unfed sides. Your looped and windowed raggedness defend you From seasons such as these? OI have ta'en Too little care...

...mental pain (in. iv. 24). Then again the cruel storm draws noble charity from Lear, replacing his ire: Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide...these? O, I have ta'en Too little care of this! Take physic, pomp; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them,...

...says little; to fear judgement; to fight when I cannot choose; and to eat no fish. Kent — Lear I.iv Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide...these? O, I have ta'en Too little care of this! Take physic, pomp; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them,...

...audience, not pushed to the verge but holding all the stage. He addresses the spectators in simple English: Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide...as these. O, I have ta'en Too little care of this! (3.4.24-33) These words involve everyone in the playhouse; the language is intelligible to all. The...

...and sudden way. Left to his own thoughts outside the hovel, he has uttered that memorable invocation: Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide...as these? O, I have ta'en Too little care of this! (1n, iv, 28-33) and he proceeds to the medieval doctrine, itself familiar from exposition in wall-paintings,...

...this passage, when put alongside that other passage in Lear to which its subject closely relates it— Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide...raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these ? 51 4-2 — is equally inferior in the placing of its terms. In Lear's way of saying these things,...