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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... thee . [ To Gon . ] Life and death ! I am ashamed That thou hast power to shake my manhood thus ; That these hot tears , which break from me perforce , Should make thee worth them . Blasts and fogs upon thee ! The untented 30 woundings ...
... thee nor knows thee ! KENT . What a brazen - faced varlet art thou , to deny thou knowest me ! Is it two days ago since I tripped up thy heels and beat thee before the king ? Draw , you rogue : for , though it be night , yet the moon ...
... thee after . When a wise man gives thee better counsel , give me mine again : I would have none but knaves follow it , since a fool gives it . KENT . That sir which serves and seeks for gain , And follows but for form , Will pack when ...