King Lear, having been cast out by his daughters, wanders into a violent storm. He rages against the elements, demanding that the weather destroy the world and the 'ingrateful' nature of humanity.
LEAR: Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! Rage! blow!
You cataracts and hurricanoes, spout
Till you have drench’d our steeples, drown’d the cocks!
You sulphurous and thought-executing fires,
Vaunt-couriers to oak-cleaving thunderbolts,
Singe my white head!
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