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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... less than life , with grace , health , beauty , honour , As much as child e'er loved or father found ; A love that makes breath poor and speech unable ; Beyond all manner of so much I love you . [ Aside ] What shall Cordelia do ? Love ...
... less than thou knowest , Lend less than thou owest , 11 Ride more than thou goest , 12 Learn more than thou trowest , Set less than thou throwest ; Leave thy drink and thy whore , And keep in - a - door , And thou shalt have more Than ...
... less is threatened me , the king my old master must be relieved . There is some strange thing toward , Edmund ; pray you , be careful . EDM . This courtesy , forbid thee , shall the duke Instantly know , and of that letter too : [ Exit ...