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Nihilism
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There
is no disputing that the pervasive theme of nihilism, the latin word 'nihil' meaning 'nothing' is explored in
King Lear
'Nothing my lord/ Nothing comes of Nothing' - 1.1
Cordelia's
response to her father during the
noxious
love test
'Nothing my lord'
- 1.2 Edgar echoes Cordelia's words when he responds to his father's plea to access the
deceptive
letter
'Thou art nothing' the
fool
to lear in
1.4
'Edgar
I
nothing am'
- Edgar admits that in becoming Poor Tom he must destroy his identity as Edgar