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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... 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 ; ' t will be a storm . [ Storm and tempest ...
... cause in nature that makes these hard hearts ? [ To Edgar ] You , sir , I entertain for one of my hundred ; only I do not like the fashion of your garments . You will say they are Persian attire ; but let them be changed . KENT . LEAR ...
... cause , no cause . In your own kingdom , sir . Do not abuse me . Be comforted , good madam : the great rage , You see , is kill'd in him : and yet it is danger To make him even o'er the time he has lost . Desire him to go in ; trouble ...