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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Page 241
... evil . The effect is therefore more startling than elsewhere ; it is even ap- palling . But in substance it is the same as elsewhere .... On the one hand we see a world which generates ter- rible evil in profusion . Further , the beings ...
... evil . The effect is therefore more startling than elsewhere ; it is even ap- palling . But in substance it is the same as elsewhere .... On the one hand we see a world which generates ter- rible evil in profusion . Further , the beings ...
Page 296
... evil , although it may be evil ; in any case , it causes so much suffering that it will at certain moments at least appear evil . It is a world that is separate from us who inhabit it ; it will not yield to our desires and fantasies no ...
... evil , although it may be evil ; in any case , it causes so much suffering that it will at certain moments at least appear evil . It is a world that is separate from us who inhabit it ; it will not yield to our desires and fantasies no ...
Page 297
... evil . And like the world outside the Self , women in the tragedies are notably separate from us , governed by their own laws whether their natures are good or evil . The hero can only recognize them for what they are or fail to do so ...
... evil . And like the world outside the Self , women in the tragedies are notably separate from us , governed by their own laws whether their natures are good or evil . The hero can only recognize them for what they are or fail to do so ...
Contents
PREFATORY REMARKS | vii |
INTRODUCTION | xxii |
TEXTUAL NOTE | 182 |
Copyright | |
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