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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... reason and order . For many eighteenth - century critics , Lear's madness was a curse rather than the " Reason in madness " perceived by the play's other " madman , " Edgar ; it wasn't until 1838 that the Shakespearean ending was ...
... reason why the seven stars are no more than seven is a pretty reason . FOOL . LEAR . FOOL . Because they are not eight ? Yes , indeed : thou wouldst make a good fool . To take ' t again perforce ! 5 Monster ingratitude ! If thou wert my ...
... reason'd ? 5 Combine together ' gainst the enemy ; For these domestic and particular broils Are not the question here . ALB . EDM . REG . GON . No. REG . GON . Let's then determine With the ancient of war on our proceedings . I shall ...