The part where Lear dies of a truly shattered and abused heart is in Act five, Scene three... ‘And my poor fool is hanged! No, no, no life! Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have a life, And thou no breath at all? Thou'lt come no more ... Pray you, undo this button’ This quote quite evidently shows the fact that poor Lear dies of a cruelly broken heart when his favourite daughter Cordelia is killed. I believe that this is ultimately the biggest sin that was committed throughout the entirety of this tragic play, the fact that Lear’s death is caused by the killing of the only person that Lear ever loved, and the only person who could make him sane, is the worst sin that can ever be committed. To conclude, I personally feel that Lear was neither