King LearDover Publications, 1994 M06 16 - 144 pages First performed about 1805, King Lear is one of the most relentlessly bleak of Shakespeare's tragedies. Probably written between Othello and Macbeth, when the playwright was at the peak of his tragic power, Lear's themes of filial ingratitude, injustice, and the meaninglessness of life in a seemingly indifferent universe are explored with unsurpassed power and depth. |
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... Edmund As to the legitimate : fine word , " legitimate " ! Well , my legitimate , if this letter speed And my invention thrive , Edmund the base Shall top the legitimate . I grow ; I prosper : Now , gods , stand up for bastards ! Enter ...
... EDMUND , and Servants Post speedily to my lord your husband ; show him this letter : 1 army of France is landed . Seek out the traitor Gloucester . [ Exeunt some of the Servants . ] the REG . Hang him instantly . GON . Pluck out his ...
... Edmund ] Let the drum strike , and prove my title thine . Stay yet ; hear reason . Edmund , I arrest thee On capital treason ; and in thine attaint11 This gilded serpent [ pointing to Gon . ] . For your claim , fair sister , I bar it in ...