Act 3 scene 4. The climax. In class we discussed what we thought the exact climaxtical passage was. All of the groups picked the same passage that ends with Lear stripping himself of his clothes. For me, I believe this passage is the turning point because taking off clothes symbolizes a natural state for a human. Lear realizes that underneath his title and materialistic belongings he is no better than anyone other man but he doesn't have to be ashamed of it.Also the fact that in act 2 kent disguises himself or puts on clothes to fit in and now Lear is taking off his to accomplish the same thing could have significance. Lear is beginning to be humbled in the sense that he is realizing that he is no longer the man he was and is starting a new chapter in life. Also the stage directions after lears monologue say that Gloucester comes in carrying a torch symbolizing either chaos or light (truth). Of course, we learned tha this is in fact not the actual turning point but no matter what this point on the play is still very significant and Defintley has meaning to it. I would also like to touch on our discussion question about Blank equals insanity. At first, my group filled in family because it seems that lears family is ultimately what made him crazy but later thought that maybe the unnatural equals insanity. Think about it. Everytime someone tries to go out of the ordinary or mess up the natural flow of things chaos breaks out. Maybe this play is commenting on how we as humans should not mess with the natural flow of life or we are destined to go mad.