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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... LEAR . Why , for taking one's part that's out of favour : nay , an thou canst not smile as the wind sits , thou'lt catch cold shortly : there , take my coxcomb : why , this fellow hath banished two ... LEAR . ACTI - SCENE IV 21 King Lear.
... LEAR . FOOL . LEAR . FOOL . LEAR . Ay , boy . Then , I prithee , be merry ; thy wit shall ne'er go slip - shod.2 Ha , ha , ha ! Shalt see thy other daughter will use thee kindly ; for though she's as like this as a crab ' s like an ...
... LEAR . Who put my man i ' the stocks ? [ Tucket within . ] CORN . REG . What trumpet's that ? I know't ; my sister's : this approves 20 her letter , That she would soon be here . Is your lady ... LEAR . REG . ACT II - SCENE IV 49 King Lear.