Lear and the Fool walk through the storm in another part of the heath. Lear shouts for the storm to continue ravaging him and the earth. The Fool implores him to return to the castle and ask his daughters for shelter, saying, "Here's a night pities neither wise man nor fools" (lines 12-13). Lear says that the weather is not unkind, since it has no reason to be obligated to him, unlike his daughters.
Kent enters, and the Fool calls to him. Kent implores the king to get out of the rain, but Lear refuses, uttering the famous line, "I am a man / More sinned against than sinning" (lines 58-59). Kent points out that there is a hovel nearby, and he asks the king to take shelter in it. Lear.....
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