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 152
... eyes ? Lear . O , ho , are you there with me ? ° No eyes in your head , nor no money in your purse ? Your eyes are in a heavy case , your purse in a light , yet you see how this world goes . Gloucester . I see it feelingly . " Lear ...
... eyes ? Lear . O , ho , are you there with me ? ° No eyes in your head , nor no money in your purse ? Your eyes are in a heavy case , your purse in a light , yet you see how this world goes . Gloucester . I see it feelingly . " Lear ...
Page 153
... eyes , And , like a scurvy politician , ° seem To see the things thou dost not . Now , now , now , now . Pull off my boots : harder , harder : so . Edgar . O , matter and impertinency mixed ! Reason in madness ! Lear . If thou wilt weep ...
... eyes , And , like a scurvy politician , ° seem To see the things thou dost not . Now , now , now , now . Pull off my boots : harder , harder : so . Edgar . O , matter and impertinency mixed ! Reason in madness ! Lear . If thou wilt weep ...
Page 262
... eyes are put out coram populo , not behind the scenes as in Oedipus Rex , but in full view of the audience and in ... eyes and see not . Their eyes may be open , but - like those of Lady Macbeth in her sleepwalking scene - their sense is ...
... eyes are put out coram populo , not behind the scenes as in Oedipus Rex , but in full view of the audience and in ... eyes and see not . Their eyes may be open , but - like those of Lady Macbeth in her sleepwalking scene - their sense is ...
Contents
PREFATORY REMARKS | vii |
INTRODUCTION | xxii |
TEXTUAL NOTE | 182 |
Copyright | |
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