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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... letter speed And my invention thrive , Edmund the base Shall top the legitimate . I grow ; I prosper : Now , gods ... letter . ] GLOU . Why so earnestly seek you to put up that letter ? EDM . I know no news , my lord . GLOU . What paper ...
... letters . Acquaint my daughter no further with any thing you know than comes from her demand out of the letter . If your ... letter . [ Exit . ] If a man's brains were in ' s heels , were't not in danger of kibes ? 1 FOOL . LEAR . FOOL ...
... letter ] According to Ben Jonson's English Grammar , “ Zed is a letter often heard among us , but seldom seen . " 10. a jakes ] an outhouse or privy . 11. holy cords ] bonds of filial affection . 12. intrinse ] tightly knotted . 13 ...