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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... honour'd as my king , Loved as my father , as my master follow'd , As my great patron thought on in my prayers , - The bow is bent and drawn ; make from the shaft.23 Let it fall rather , though the fork24 invade The region of my heart ...
... honour and shake in pieces the heart of his obedience . I dare pawn down my life for him that he hath wrote this to feel my affection to your honour and to no further pretence of danger . GLOU . EDM . Think you so ? If your honour judge ...
... honour from thy suffering ; that not know'st Fools do those villains pity who are punish'd Ere they have done their mischief.7 Where's thy drum ? France spreads his banners in our noiseless land , With plumed helm thy state begins to ...