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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... hear my lord speak : pray ye , go ; there's my key : if you do stir abroad , go armed . Armed , brother ! Brother , I advise you to the best : go armed : I am no honest man if there be any good meaning towards you : I have told you what ...
... Hear , nature , hear ; dear goddess , hear ! Suspend thy purpose , if thou didst intend To make this creature fruitful : Into her womb convey sterility : Dry up in her the organs of increase , And from her derogate28 body never spring A ...
... 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 mighty gods ! EDG . GLOU . EDG . This world I do renounce , and in your sights ...