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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... thou canst serve where thou dost stand condemn'd , So may it come , thy master whom thou lovest Shall find thee full of labours.2 Horns within . Enter LEAR , Knights , and Attendants LEAR . Let me not stay a jot for dinner ; go get it ...
... thou canst not smile as the wind sits , thou'lt catch cold shortly : there , take my coxcomb : why , this fellow hath banished two on's daugh- ters , and done the third a blessing against his will ; if thou follow him , thou must needs ...
... thou madest thy daughters thy mother : for when thou gavest them the rod and puttest down thine own breeches , [ Singing ] Then they for sudden joy did weep , And I for sorrow sung , That such a king should play bo - peep , And go the ...