King Lear
I. Orders broken in the play
A. Divine Order: Lear gives away his position
B. Family Order:  Sister against sister; son against father
C. Social Order: Division and rebellion
D. Mental Order: Lear goes mad
E. Natural Order: Portents, Storms, eclipses; men who act like beasts, kings who act like fools, fools who are wise, sane men who act mad, wives who rule their husbands, adulteries, murders, chaos and destruction.
F. Bellum omnium contra omnes.
            G.        Ulysses on Degree