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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... brother ? 185 Edmund . Brother , I advise you to the best . Go armed . I am no honest man if there be any good meaning toward you . I have told you what I have seen and heard ; but faintly , nothing like the image and hor- ror of it ...
... brother ? 185 Edmund . Brother , I advise you to the best . Go armed . I am no honest man if there be any good meaning toward you . I have told you what I have seen and heard ; but faintly , nothing like the image and hor- ror of it ...
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... brother , And I have one thing of a queasy question Which I must act . Briefness and Fortune , work ! Brother , a word ; descend . Brother , I say ! Enter Edgar . My father watches . O sir , fly this place . Intelligence is given where ...
... brother , And I have one thing of a queasy question Which I must act . Briefness and Fortune , work ! Brother , a word ; descend . Brother , I say ! Enter Edgar . My father watches . O sir , fly this place . Intelligence is given where ...
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... brother . Regan . That's as we list to grace him . Methinks our pleasure might have been demanded , Ere you had spoke so far . He led our powers , Bore the commission of my place and person ; The which immediacy may well stand up And ...
... brother . Regan . That's as we list to grace him . Methinks our pleasure might have been demanded , Ere you had spoke so far . He led our powers , Bore the commission of my place and person ; The which immediacy may well stand up And ...
Contents
PREFATORY REMARKS | vii |
INTRODUCTION | xxii |
TEXTUAL NOTE | 182 |
Copyright | |
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