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 213
... human affairs from the play , or from the tale , would be equally deceived . Shakespeare has no heroes ; his scenes are occupied only by men , who act and speak as the reader thinks that he should himself have spoken or acted on the ...
... human affairs from the play , or from the tale , would be equally deceived . Shakespeare has no heroes ; his scenes are occupied only by men , who act and speak as the reader thinks that he should himself have spoken or acted on the ...
Page 230
... human beings who are weak and de- fenseless , partly from old age , but partly because they are human and lack the dreadful undivided energy of the beast . And the only comfort he might seem to hold out to us is the prospect that at ...
... human beings who are weak and de- fenseless , partly from old age , but partly because they are human and lack the dreadful undivided energy of the beast . And the only comfort he might seem to hold out to us is the prospect that at ...
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... human tragedy brought to its simplest terms , fit ending to a tragic play that has seemed to out- leap human experience . From power of intellect and will , from the imaginative sweep of madness , Shakespeare brings Lear to this ; to no ...
... human tragedy brought to its simplest terms , fit ending to a tragic play that has seemed to out- leap human experience . From power of intellect and will , from the imaginative sweep of madness , Shakespeare brings Lear to this ; to no ...
Contents
PREFATORY REMARKS | vii |
INTRODUCTION | xxii |
TEXTUAL NOTE | 182 |
Copyright | |
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