King LearPan Macmillan, 2016 M08 11 - 208 pages In Shakespeare's thrilling and hugely influential tragedy, ageing King Lear makes a capricious decision to divide his realm between his three daughters according to the love they express for him. |
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... appears to go beyond such conventional thinking with a masterly inversion of rules and roles. By conflating rich and poor in a shared tableau of naked humanity he broadens the scope of tragic empathy. Not just the ordinary exalted by ...
... appear; Robes and furr'd gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold, And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks; Arm it in rags, a pygmy's straw does pierce it. Exposed to the storm, made to feel what wretches feel, Lear relentlessly ...
... appears not which of the dukes he values most; for equalities are so weigh'd, that curiosity in neither can make choice of either's moiety. KENT Is not this your son, my lord? GLOSTER His breeding, sir, hath been at my charge: I have so ...
... appear, Freedom lives hence, and banishment is here. [to CORDELIA] The gods to their dear shelter take thee, maid, That justly think'st, and hast most rightly said!. [to REGAN and GONERIL] And your large speeches may your deeds approve ...
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