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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... Gods , gods ! ' t is strange that from their cold'st neglect My love should kindle to inflamed respect . Thy dowerless daughter , king , thrown to my chance , Is queen of us , of ours , and our fair France : Not all the dukes of ...
... gods ! Who is ' t can say " I am at the worst " ? I am worse than e'er I was . OLD MAN . EDG . " T is poor mad Tom . [ Aside ] And worse I may be yet : the worst is not So long as we can say " This is the worst . " OLD MAN . Fellow ...
... gods Prosper it with thee ! Go thou further off ; Bid me farewell , and let me hear thee going . Now fare you well , good sir . With all my heart . Why I do trifle thus with his despair Is done to cure it . GLOU . [ Kneeling ] O you ...