Postlapsarian- characteristic of the time or state after the fall of human kind in the Bible
Prelapsarian- characteristic of the time or state before the fall of human kind in the Bible
after the fall the notion was that we age, we feel pain, and we die
This idea appears in the world of King Lear as it is representative of Shakes' England. The plays succession of terrible events suggests the universe does not operate in an eye for an eye manner (Lex talionis) --there is no regulation. The play being situation in the midst of a storm underscores this notion.
The fool's soliloquy at the end of act 3.2 speaks of the constant chaos in the world and the worlds inability to return to a state of tranquility.
The fact that "King Lear" is based in a time before the fall suggests that the world died a long time ago, and that great tragedy has been dead. Shakes is touching on the danger of nostalgia over the epic culture which does not exist in "King Lear" so therefore does not exist in his England.
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