King LearCommercial Press, 1922 - 385 pages |
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Page 21
... curse is particularly difficult to portray upon the stage ; but it must be done if we are to understand rightly the deeply affectionate character of the child . Kent . Lear . Peace , Kent ! Good my Seene I. 21 KING LEAR.
... curse is particularly difficult to portray upon the stage ; but it must be done if we are to understand rightly the deeply affectionate character of the child . Kent . Lear . Peace , Kent ! Good my Seene I. 21 KING LEAR.
Page 32
... curse and stranger'd with our oath , Take her or leave her ? Burgundy . Pardon me , royal sir ; Election makes not up in such conditions . Lear . Then leave her , sir ; for , by the power that made me , I tell you all her wealth . For ...
... curse and stranger'd with our oath , Take her or leave her ? Burgundy . Pardon me , royal sir ; Election makes not up in such conditions . Lear . Then leave her , sir ; for , by the power that made me , I tell you all her wealth . For ...
Page 33
William Shakespeare. curse . Cordelia not only lacks a worthy dower ; she also bears a father's Whoever marries her must expect to incur the hatred of the angry king . In such circumstances Burgundy cannot make up his mind to marry her ...
William Shakespeare. curse . Cordelia not only lacks a worthy dower ; she also bears a father's Whoever marries her must expect to incur the hatred of the angry king . In such circumstances Burgundy cannot make up his mind to marry her ...
Page 84
... wear the appropriate badge . ( Hudson . ) 112 . blessing : Lear's will toward Cordelia had been a curse , but its outcome in the genuine love of France had been a blessing . The Fool , upon entering the hall , sees Lear 84 Act I. KING LEAR.
... wear the appropriate badge . ( Hudson . ) 112 . blessing : Lear's will toward Cordelia had been a curse , but its outcome in the genuine love of France had been a blessing . The Fool , upon entering the hall , sees Lear 84 Act I. KING LEAR.
Page 103
... curses , the curse upon the unborn . Lear's own emotional nature knows the love of children as a passion , his emɔ- tions are all passionate ; and this prayer is so genuine in its terrible seriousness that it possesses no characteristic ...
... curses , the curse upon the unborn . Lear's own emotional nature knows the love of children as a passion , his emɔ- tions are all passionate ; and this prayer is so genuine in its terrible seriousness that it possesses no characteristic ...
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Alack Albany Albany's anger Appendix art thou Bedlam beggar Burgundy character child Child Rowland comes Cordelia Cornwall Cornwall's curse daughters death Dover duke Duke of Albany Duke of Cornwall duty Earl of Gloucester Edgar Edmund emotion endure evil Exeunt Exit eyes father favour fear feels filial folio follow Fool foolish fortune foul fiend France Gentleman give Gloucester Gloucester's castle gods Goneril and Regan grace hast hath heart hence Hendiadys honour husband insane Kent Kent's King Lear knave Lear's letter lord loyalty madam madness master meaning Messenger mind nature never night noble nuncle Oswald passion pelican daughters pity play poison'd poor Poor Tom pray Prithee Quarto Scene scorn seek self-control sense servant Shakespeare sister speak spirit storm suffering sympathy thee thine thing thought Topics for consideration traitor trumpet unnatural villain weakness words