In this short scene, King Lear tries to convince the audience that he is a civilized man and that he has the right to rule over his subjects. He tells them that they cannot talk about equality without showing them the truth, and that they should only talk about what is right and proper, and not what is wrong and proper. He then asks the audience to imagine what it would be like if he were a human being and were equal to all the other human beings on the face of the earth.