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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... give away thy land , Come place him here by me ; Do thou for him stand : The sweet and bitter fool Will presently ... Give me an egg , nuncle , and I'll give thee two crowns . LEAR . FOOL . What two crowns shall they be ? Why , after I ...
... Give you good morrow ! GLOU . KENT . The duke's to blame in this ; ' t will be ill taken . Good king , that must approve the common saw , Thou out of heaven's benediction comest To the warm sun ! 21 Approach , thou beacon to this under ...
... gives thee better counsel , give me mine again : I would have none but knaves follow it , since a fool gives it . KENT . That sir which serves and seeks for gain , And follows but for form , Will pack when it begins to rain , And leave ...