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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... father becomes like a 'babe again', taught lessons by his daughters. A monarch becomes a mendicant, replacing his golden crown with one of flowers. He gains insight in his madness; compassion in his debasement; and freedom in captivity ...
... father'. Such portents turn out to be true, describing to a niceity the various divisions and reversals of state that follow Lear's initial division and estrangement from his daughter. But can the stars really be blamed for human ...
... father found; A love that makes breath poor, and speech unable; Beyond all manner of so much I love you. CORDELIA [aside]. What shall Cordelia do? Love, and be silent. KING LEAR Of all these bounds, even from this line 4 WILLIAM ...
... father all. KING LEAR But goes thy heart with this? CORDELIA Ay, good my lord. KING LEAR So young, and so untender? CORDELIA So young, my lord, and true. KING LEAR Let it be so, — thy truth, then, be thy dower: For, by the sacred ...
... father's heart from her! — Call France; — who stirs? Call Burgundy. — Cornwall and Albany, With my two daughters' dowers digest this third: Let pride, which she calls plainness, marry her. I do invest you jointly in my power, Pre ...