What can come from nothing?

Can something come from nothing?  If so, what can come from nothing?  We clearly see in Act One of King Lear, King Lear says, “Nothing will come of nothing: speak again” (Shakespeare 13).  King Lear is angered by Cordelia’s decision to say nothing, but in reality she does not know how to express her love to full extent in words.  This ultimately ends up frustrating King Lear, taking this nothing as an insult.  But can something truly come from nothing?  We see France allude to prosperity from nothing when he says, “Thee and thy virtues here I seize upon, Be it lawful I take up what’s cast away” (Shakespeare 25).  This allusion to the Corinthians saying, “As having nothing yet possessing all things” displays that something ultimately can come from nothing.  When you may have no possessions worth value, you may be full of everything one may want.

When pondering about if something can come out of nothing in modern society, I came upon many sob stories in which people from the ghetto come from “nothing” and eventually end up extremely wealthy.  Whether they be pro-athletes, movie stars, or rappers, this ultimately led me to disagree with King Lear.  Yes something can come from nothing.  When in the correct moment, nothing can truly be the best choice.  In a situation in which yes or no can both be the wrong answer, nothing may be the ONLY answer.