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 xxv
... gods defend her ! " The stage direction follows , enforcing the most monstrous conjunction in the play : " Enter Lear with Cordelia in his arms . " The gods do not defend us . Perhaps they are unable to do so . " The gods reward your ...
... gods defend her ! " The stage direction follows , enforcing the most monstrous conjunction in the play : " Enter Lear with Cordelia in his arms . " The gods do not defend us . Perhaps they are unable to do so . " The gods reward your ...
Page 233
... gods ; They kill us for their sport ; Edgar : .. Think that the clearest gods , who make them honours Of men's impossibilities , have preserved thee . Here we have four distinct theories of the nature of the ruling power . And besides ...
... gods ; They kill us for their sport ; Edgar : .. Think that the clearest gods , who make them honours Of men's impossibilities , have preserved thee . Here we have four distinct theories of the nature of the ruling power . And besides ...
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... God's canon against self - slaughter . King Lear is supposed to take place in prehistoric Brit- ain , and to be roughly contemporaneous with the ancient Kings of Judea . Shakespeare has taken pains to have his characters invoke " the gods ...
... God's canon against self - slaughter . King Lear is supposed to take place in prehistoric Brit- ain , and to be roughly contemporaneous with the ancient Kings of Judea . Shakespeare has taken pains to have his characters invoke " the gods ...
Contents
PREFATORY REMARKS | vii |
INTRODUCTION | xxii |
TEXTUAL NOTE | 182 |
Copyright | |
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