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 111
... mind's free , The body's delicate . The tempest in my mind Doth from my senses take all feeling else , Save what beats there . Filial ingratitude , 10 Is it not as this mouth should tear this hand For lifting food to't ? But I will ...
... mind's free , The body's delicate . The tempest in my mind Doth from my senses take all feeling else , Save what beats there . Filial ingratitude , 10 Is it not as this mouth should tear this hand For lifting food to't ? But I will ...
Page 231
... mind at all , appears in the shape of an allegory which we immediately reject . A similar conflict between imagination and sense will be found if we consider the dramatic center of the whole tragedy , the Storm - scenes . The temptation ...
... mind at all , appears in the shape of an allegory which we immediately reject . A similar conflict between imagination and sense will be found if we consider the dramatic center of the whole tragedy , the Storm - scenes . The temptation ...
Page 283
... Minds , even villainous minds , are inquiet and uncertain . Action does not come readily to anyone exept Laertes and ... mind is inquiet . Action comes as naturally as breathing and twice as quick . And , what is particularly unlike the ...
... Minds , even villainous minds , are inquiet and uncertain . Action does not come readily to anyone exept Laertes and ... mind is inquiet . Action comes as naturally as breathing and twice as quick . And , what is particularly unlike the ...
Contents
PREFATORY REMARKS | vii |
INTRODUCTION | xxii |
TEXTUAL NOTE | 182 |
Copyright | |
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