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 78
... means he could- Gloucester . Pursue him , ho ! Go after . By no means what ? [ Exeunt some Servants . ] Edmund . Persuade me to the murder of your lordship ; But that I told him the revenging gods ' Gainst parricides did all the thunder ...
... means he could- Gloucester . Pursue him , ho ! Go after . By no means what ? [ Exeunt some Servants . ] Edmund . Persuade me to the murder of your lordship ; But that I told him the revenging gods ' Gainst parricides did all the thunder ...
Page 143
... means , madam : Our foster - nurse ° of nature is repose , The which he lacks : that to provoke in him , Are many simples operative , Will close the eye of anguish . Cordelia . whose power All blest secrets , All you unpublished virtues ...
... means , madam : Our foster - nurse ° of nature is repose , The which he lacks : that to provoke in him , Are many simples operative , Will close the eye of anguish . Cordelia . whose power All blest secrets , All you unpublished virtues ...
Page 260
... means when you can . " Such was the sound advice of Granville- Barker for the modern interpretation of Shakespeare . However , there are times when the theatrical interpreter From More Talking of Shakespeare , ed . John Garrett . New ...
... means when you can . " Such was the sound advice of Granville- Barker for the modern interpretation of Shakespeare . However , there are times when the theatrical interpreter From More Talking of Shakespeare , ed . John Garrett . New ...
Contents
PREFATORY REMARKS | vii |
INTRODUCTION | xxii |
TEXTUAL NOTE | 182 |
Copyright | |
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