King LearPenguin UK, 2005 M04 7 - 368 pages 'The most perfect specimen of the dramatic art existing in the world' Percy Bysshe Shelley |
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... give the impression of a superabundant reality, he is not a naturalistic dramatist. None of his plays is explicitly set in his own time. The action of few of them (except for the English histories) is set even partly in England ...
... give the impression of a superabundant reality, he is not a naturalistic dramatist. None of his plays is explicitly set in his own time. The action of few of them (except for the English histories) is set even partly in England ...
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... that we can say must fall far short of the subject; or even of what we ourselves conceive of it. To attempt to give a description of the play itself or of its effect upon the mind, is mere impertinence.' And a few years Introduction.
... that we can say must fall far short of the subject; or even of what we ourselves conceive of it. To attempt to give a description of the play itself or of its effect upon the mind, is mere impertinence.' And a few years Introduction.
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... give up the ghost himself as he gazes in bewildered grief upon her lifeless face. Shakespeare goes out of his way, moreover, to amplify the impact of Lear's story by having Gloucester's story describe the same arc of agony, insight and ...
... give up the ghost himself as he gazes in bewildered grief upon her lifeless face. Shakespeare goes out of his way, moreover, to amplify the impact of Lear's story by having Gloucester's story describe the same arc of agony, insight and ...
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... that bear the unmistakable stamp of her progenitor. Cordelia's blunt insistence on saying 'Nothing' gives way under pressure to the dispassionate precision of 'I love your majesty | According to my bond, no more nor less'
... that bear the unmistakable stamp of her progenitor. Cordelia's blunt insistence on saying 'Nothing' gives way under pressure to the dispassionate precision of 'I love your majesty | According to my bond, no more nor less'
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... gives him the perfect cue: O dear son Edgar, The food of thy abusèd father's wrath! Might I but live to see thee in my touch I'd say I had eyes again. (IV.1.21–4) Edgar continues to deny his remorseful father the solace that is in his ...
... gives him the perfect cue: O dear son Edgar, The food of thy abusèd father's wrath! Might I but live to see thee in my touch I'd say I had eyes again. (IV.1.21–4) Edgar continues to deny his remorseful father the solace that is in his ...
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actors ALBANY arms bastard beggar Burgundy Cordelia Cornwall daughters death dost Dover Dr Johnson Duke Duke of Albany Duke of Cornwall Edmund Elizabethan Enter Edgar Enter Lear Exeunt Exit eyes F reading father fear feel Folio follow Fool Fool’s fortune foul fiend France GENTLEMAN give Gloucester’s gods Gonerill Gonerill and Regan grace Harsnet’s hast hath heart Henry VI honour i’the justice KENT Kent’s King Lear kingdom knave knights Lear’s letter look lord madam man’s matter means nature noble nuncle o’er o’the omitted Oswald perhaps poor Poor Tom Pray presumably prose in Q Q and F Q corrected Quarto Regan Richard III scene seems sense servant Shakespeare Shakespeare’s plays sister speak speech stand storm sword tears theatrical thee There’s thine things Titus Andronicus Tom’s tragedy trumpet villain Who’s Winter’s Tale words wretches