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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... I'll tell thee . [ To Gon . ] Life and death ! I am ashamed That thou hast power to shake my manhood thus ; That these hot tears , which break from me perforce , Should make thee worth them . Blasts and fogs upon thee ! The untented 30 ...
... I'll bar ; the villain shall not ' scape ; The duke must grant me that : besides , his picture I will send far and near , that all the kingdom May have due note of him ; and of my land , Loyal and natural boy , I'll work the means To ...
... I'll weep ; No , I'll not weep : I have full cause of weeping ; but this heart Shall break into a hundred thousand flaws , Or ere I'll weep . O fool , I shall go mad ! [ Exeunt Lear , Gloucester , Kent , and Fool . ] Let us withdraw ...