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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... lord whose hand must take my plight shall carry Half my love with him , half my care and duty : Sure , I shall never marry like my sisters , To love my father all . LEAR . But goes thy heart with this ? COR . Ay , good my lord . LEAR ...
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... lord's knave : you whoreson dog ! you slave ! you cur ! Osw . LEAR . Osw LEAR . Osw . KENT . LEAR . KENT . LEAR . I am none of these , my lord ; I beseech your pardon . Do you bandy looks with me , you rascal ? I'll not be struck , my lord ...