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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... thine ears : see how yond justice rails upon yond simple thief . Hark , in thine ear : change places , and , handy - dandy , which is the justice , which is the thief ? Thou hast seen a farmer's dog bark at a beggar ? GLOU . LEAR . EDG ...
... thine : 9 Witness the world , that I create thee here My lord and master . Mean you to enjoy him ? The let - alone1o lies not in your good will . Nor in thine , lord . Half - blooded fellow , yes . 6. And the best quarrels ... sharpness ...
... thine . Stay yet ; hear reason . Edmund , I arrest thee On capital treason ; and in thine attaint11 This gilded serpent [ pointing to Gon . ] . For your claim , fair sister , I bar it in the interest of my wife ; " T is she is sub ...