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Shakespeare’s play vividly dramatised the tragic consequences of dividing the kingdom, as opposed to unifying it. A kingdom without order is a kingdom in chaos. In Shakespeare tragic play, King Lear, the responders witness the desolation of a great kingdom. By not acting according to natural social order, chaos and disharmony in the whole universe is inevitable. This is the first and most significant of many sins that Lear makes in the play. By renouncing his throne to fuel his ego, he disrupts the great chain of being, which states that the King must not challenge the position that God has appointed him. This undermines God’s authority, as a result chaos tears Lear’s world apart. A.C. Bradley uses raging storm