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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... speak of ? None . FOOL . How chance the king comes with so small a train ? An thou hadst been set i ' the stocks for that question , thou hadst well deserved it . KENT . FOOL . Why , fool ? We'll set thee to school to an ant , to teach ...
... speak with the Duke of Cornwall and his wife . Well , my good lord , I have inform'd them so . Inform'd them ! Dost thou understand me , man ? Ay , my good lord . The king would speak with Cornwall ; the dear father Would with his ...
... speak ! Thus might he pass indeed : yet he revives . What are you , sir ? Away , and let me die . Hadst thou been aught but gossamer , feathers , air , So many fathom down precipitating , Thou'dst shiver'd like an egg : but thou dost ...