King Lear, Volume 5Penguin Group USA, Incorporated, 1963 - 306 pages King Lear, one of Shakespeare's darkest and most savage plays, tells the story of the foolish and Job-like Lear, who divides his kingdom, as he does his affections, according to vanity and whim. Lear's failure as a father engulfs himself and his world in turmoil and tragedy. |
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... appear not only abnormal but absolutely contrary to nature ; an idea , which , of course , is common enough in Shakespeare , but appears with unusual frequency in King Lear , for instance in From SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY 227.
... appear not only abnormal but absolutely contrary to nature ; an idea , which , of course , is common enough in Shakespeare , but appears with unusual frequency in King Lear , for instance in From SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY 227.
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... appears in another shape in that most vivid passage where Albany , as he looks at the face which had be- witched him , now distorted with dreadful passions , sud- denly sees it in a new light and exclaims in horror : Thou changed and ...
... appears in another shape in that most vivid passage where Albany , as he looks at the face which had be- witched him , now distorted with dreadful passions , sud- denly sees it in a new light and exclaims in horror : Thou changed and ...
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... appears at its strongest are able , to a certain ex- tent , to thrive . They are not unhappy , and they have power to spread misery and destruction around them . All this is undeniable fact . On the other hand this evil is merely ...
... appears at its strongest are able , to a certain ex- tent , to thrive . They are not unhappy , and they have power to spread misery and destruction around them . All this is undeniable fact . On the other hand this evil is merely ...
Contents
PREFATORY REMARKS | vii |
INTRODUCTION | xxii |
TEXTUAL NOTE | 182 |
Copyright | |
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