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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... doth love us most ? That we our largest bounty may extend Where nature doth with merit challenge.11 Goneril , Our eldest - born , speak first . 6. sue ] beg , entreat . 7. study deserving ] study to be worthy ( of your acquaintance ) ...
... Doth any here know me ? This is not Lear : Doth Lear walk thus ? speak thus ? Where are his eyes ? Either his notion weakens , his discernings Are lethargied - Ha ! waking ? ' t is not so . Who is it that can tell me who I am ? Lear's ...
... doth fall . [ Exit . ] SCENE IV - The Heath Before a Hovel Enter LEAR , KENT , and Fool KENT . Here is the place , my lord : good my lord , enter : The tyranny of the open night ' s too rough For nature to endure . [ Storm still ...