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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... poor naked wretches supposedly represented by 'Poor Tom': Is man no more than this? ... Thou owest the worm no silk, the beast no hide, the sheep no wool, the cat no perfume. — ... Thou art the thing itself: unaccommodated man is no ...
... poor naked wretches supposedly represented by 'Poor Tom': Is man no more than this? ... Thou owest the worm no silk, the beast no hide, the sheep no wool, the cat no perfume. — ... Thou art the thing itself: unaccommodated man is no ...
... Poor naked wretches, whereso'er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm, How shall your houseless heads and unfed sides, Your loop'd and window'd raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these? O, I have ta'en Too ...
... poor, bare, fork'd animal' his drama dissects. There is no escaping mankind's animal status in the play. Kings, princesses and courtiers are indeed human under the vain superflux of dress and custom; yet probe deeper still and humanity ...
... 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 SHAKESPEARE.