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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... OSWALD [ Exit an Attendant . ] O , you sir , you , come you hither , sir : who am I , sir ? My lady's father . My lady's father ! my lord's knave : you whoreson dog ! you slave ! you cur ! Osw . LEAR . Osw LEAR . Osw . KENT . LEAR ...
... Oswald , ho ! [ To the Fool ] You , sir , more knave than fool , after your master . Nuncle Lear , nuncle Lear , tarry ; take the fool with thee . A fox , when one has caught her , And such a daughter , Should sure to the slaughter , If ...
... OSWALD Osw . GON . ALB . GON . ALB . - How now , Oswald ! What , have you writ that letter to my sister ? Yes , madam . Take you some company , and away to horse Inform her full of my particular fear , And thereto add such reasons of ...