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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... tell what I can tell . FOOL . LEAR . Why , what canst thou tell , my boy ? She will taste as like this as a crab3 does to a crab . Thou canst tell why one's nose stands i ' the middle on ' s face ? No. Why , to keep one's eyes of either ...
... Tell the hot duke that- No , but not yet : may be he is not well : Infirmity doth still neglect all office Whereto our health is bound ; we are not ourselves When nature being oppress'd commands the mind To suffer with the body : I'll ...
... tell you straight . If fortune brag of two she loved and hated , One of them we behold . This is a dull sight . Are you not Kent ? Your servant Kent . Where is your servant Caius ? He's a good fellow , I can tell you that ; He'll strike ...