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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... Exeunt all but France , Goneril , Regan , and Cordelia . ] FRANCE . Bid farewell to your sisters . COR . REG . GON . COR . FRANCE . GON . REG . GON . The jewels of our father , with wash'd eyes Cordelia leaves you : I know you what you ...
... [ Exeunt Goneril , Edmund , and Oswald . ] Go seek the traitor Gloucester . Pinion him like a thief , bring him before us . [ Exeunt other Servants . ] Though well we may not pass upon his life 1. this letter ] the letter which Edmund has ...
... exeunt Enter EDGAR and GLOUCESTER EDG . Here , father , take the shadow of this tree For your good host ; pray that the right may thrive : If ever I return to you again , I'll bring you comfort . GLOU . Grace go with you , sir ! [ Exit ...