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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... kind nursery . Hence , and avoid my sight ! So be my grave my peace , as here I give Her father's heart from her ! Call France . Who stirs ? Call Burgundy . Cornwall and Albany . With my two daughters ' dowers digest20 this third : Let ...
... kind gods , Cure this great breach in his abused nature ! The untuned and jarring senses , O , wind up Of this child - changed father ! So please your majesty That we may wake the king : he hath slept long . Be govern'd by your ...
... Kind and dear princess ! Had you not been their father , these white flakes3 Had challenged pity of them . Was this a face To be opposed against the warring winds ? To stand against the deep dread - bolted thunder ? In the most terrible ...