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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... wretch whom nature is ashamed Almost to acknowledge hers . This is most strange , That she , that even but now was your best object , The argument of your praise , balm of your age , Most best , most dearest , should in this trice of ...
... wretch that thou hast blown unto the worst Owes nothing to thy blasts . But who comes here ? Enter GLOUCESTER , led by an Old Man My father , poorly led ? World , world , O world ! But that thy strange mutations make us hate thee , Life ...
... wretch , [ Exit running ; Attendants follow . ] Past speaking of in a king ! Thou hast one daughter , Who redeems nature from the general curse 29. This's a good block ] “ Block " is frequently used for the mould on which a hat is ...