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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... tear trill'd1 down Her delicate cheek : it seem'd she was a queen Over her passion , who most rebel - like KENT . GENT ... tears Were like a better way : those happy smilets That play'd on her ripe lip seem'd not to know What guests were ...
... tears Do scald like molten lead . Sir , do you know me ? You are a spirit , I know : when did you die ? Still , still , far wide ! 6 He's scarce awake : let him alone awhile . Where have I been ? Where am I ? Fair daylight ? I am ...
... tears wet ? yes , faith . I pray , weep not : If you have poison for me , I will drink it . I know you do not love me ; for your sisters Have , as I do remember , done me wrong : You have some cause , they have not . COR . LEAR . Am I ...