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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... there any cause in nature that makes these hard hearts?' – he is posing a rhetorical question that the play genuinely addresses. Anatomy assists the play's moral scrutiny. Lear's belated realisation that he has been duped by false ...
... there any cause in nature that makes these hard hearts?' – he is posing a rhetorical question that the play genuinely addresses. Anatomy assists the play's moral scrutiny. Lear's belated realisation that he has been duped by false ...
... There is no escape from irony in this play; Lear learns to expose imposture and discern naked truth by a nobleman in disguise. And, of course, he learns compassionate rule when he has no power to enforce it; his court and courtroom ...
... 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 is shown to be closer to the beasts than the ...
... There's hell, there's darkness, there's the sulphurous pit... . This is the terrifying vision of mortality with which the play confronts us. It may only be Lear's madness that discourages us from taking this as Shakespeare's true view ...