Pre-lapsarian and Post-lapsarian

"Before and after the Fall"
One example of pre-lapsarian world is the Garden of Eden before Adam and Eve were banished. It is an ideal world with no misfortune or tragedy. In King Lear, it is the world before Lear lost all his powers as king to his daughters. After Lear was kicked out on the heath by Regan, he completely broke down, and the storm also helped to signify the start of the post-lapsarian world, or the Fall of Lear, where Lear had no control over anything. The post-lapsarian world is opposite from the pre-lapsarian world, and it reminds the audience that they are also in a post-lapsarian world while they are witnessing that world on stage.

Trang Nguyen
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