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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... night . How comes that ? Nay , I know not . You have heard of the news abroad , I mean the whispered ones , for they are yet but ear - kissing arguments ? 1 Not I : pray you , what are they ? Have you heard of no likely wars toward ...
... night , my lord , and all night too . Why , madam , if I were your father's dog , You should not use me so . Sir , being his knave , I will . This is a fellow of the self - same colour Our sister speaks of . Come , bring away the stocks ...
... night comes on , and the bleak winds Do sorely ruffle ; for many miles about GON . GLOU . REG . CORN . There's scarce a bush . O , sir , to wilful men The injuries that they themselves procure Must be their schoolmasters . Shut up your ...