King LearPenguin Books, 1970 - 175 pages "King Lear, one of Shakespeare's darkest and most savage plays, tells the story of the foolish and purblind 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." "Eminent linguist and translator Burton Raffel offers generous help with vocabulary, pronunciation, and prosody and provides alternative readings of phrases and lines. His on-page annotations give readers all the tools they need to comprehend the play and begin to explore its many possible interpretations. Raffel provides an introductory essay, and in a concluding essay Harold Bloom examines Lear, who, though possessed of Jobean dignity, is rather unlike Job, since Lear so determinedly brings about his own suffering."--BOOK JACKET. |
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... wind me into him , I pray you ; frame the business after 96 your own wisdom . I would unstate myself to be in a due 97 resolution . 100 EDMUND I will seek him , sir , presently ; convey the busi- 99 ness as I shall find means , and ...
... wind me into him , I pray you ; frame the business after 96 your own wisdom . I would unstate myself to be in a due 97 resolution . 100 EDMUND I will seek him , sir , presently ; convey the busi- 99 ness as I shall find means , and ...
Page 92
... wind blow the earth into the sea , 4 6 Or swell the curlèd waters ' bove the main , 7 8 ΤΟ 23 13 15 18 19 22 That things might change or cease ; [ tears his white hair , Which the impetuous blasts , with eyeless rage , Catch in their ...
... wind blow the earth into the sea , 4 6 Or swell the curlèd waters ' bove the main , 7 8 ΤΟ 23 13 15 18 19 22 That things might change or cease ; [ tears his white hair , Which the impetuous blasts , with eyeless rage , Catch in their ...
Page 144
... wind up Of this child - changed father ! DOCTOR So please your Majesty That we may wake the King ? He hath slept long . CORDELIA Be governed by your knowledge , and proceed I ' th ' sway of your own will . Is he arrayed ? Enter Lear in ...
... wind up Of this child - changed father ! DOCTOR So please your Majesty That we may wake the King ? He hath slept long . CORDELIA Be governed by your knowledge , and proceed I ' th ' sway of your own will . Is he arrayed ? Enter Lear in ...
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Alack ALBANY ALFRED HARBAGE arms art thou bastard bear Bedlam Bless Burgundy codpiece Cordelia CORNWALL daughter dear death Dost thou doth Dover Duke Duke of Albany Duke of Cornwall Earl of Gloucester EDMUND Enter Edgar Enter Gloucester Enter Kent Enter Lear evil Exeunt Exit eyes father fear Flibbertigibbet folio fool fortune foul fiend France GENTLEMAN give GLOUCESTER EDGAR Gloucester's castle gods GONERIL grace hast hath hear heart heavens hither honor I'ld justice King Lear knave lady LEAR Enter Lear's letter look lord madam master MESSENGER nature never night noble nuncle pity play poor poor Tom Pray Prithee quarto reason REGAN Servants Shakespeare shalt sirrah sister sorrow speak stand sword tell thee There's thine things thou art thou dost traitor true trumpet villain wawl William Shakespeare wind word