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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... brother's supposed treachery, the irony is complete. Nature, often appealed to, constantly confused or contradicted, is subject to sustained ironic scrutiny in King Lear. When Lear anatomizes Regan – asking 'Is there any cause in nature ...
... brothers divide: in cities, mutinies; in countries, discord; in palaces, treason; and the bond crack'd 'twixt son ... brother. By invoking Nature as the patron 'goddess' for his schemes Edmund exposes one of the richest veins of irony ...
... brother's supposed treachery, the irony is complete. Nature, often appealed to, constantly confused or contradicted, is subject to sustained ironic scrutiny in King Lear. When Lear anatomizes Regan – asking 'Is there any cause in nature ...
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