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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... SCENE II - The Earl of Gloucester's Castle Enter EDMUND , with a letter EDM . Thou , nature , art my goddess ; to thy law My services are bound . Wherefore should I Stand in the plague of custom , and permit The curiosity of nations to ...
William Shakespeare. SCENE III - The Duke of Albany's Palace Enter GONERIL and OSWALD , her steward GON . Did my father strike my gentleman for chiding of his fool ? Osw . Yes , madam . GON . Osw . GON . Osw . GON ... SCENE III 17 King Lear.
William Shakespeare. SCENE V - Court Before the Same Enter LEAR , KENT , and Fool LEAR . Go you before to Gloucester with these letters . Acquaint my daughter no further with any thing you know than comes from her ... SCENE V 29 King Lear.