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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... hath not been little : he always loved our sister most ; and with what poor judgement he hath now cast her off appears too grossly . REG . " T is the infirmity of his age : yet he hath ever but slenderly known himself . 41. benison ...
... hath led through fire and through flame , through ford and whirlpool , o'er bog and quagmire ; that hath laid knives under his pillow and halters in his pew ; set ratsbane by his porridge ; made him proud of heart , to ride on a bay ...
... hath confess'd it . I was contracted to them both : all three Now marry in an instant . Here comes Kent . Produce ... hath the office ? send Thy token of reprieve . Well thought on : take my sword , Give it the captain . Haste thee , for ...