King LearCommercial Press, 1922 - 385 pages |
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Page vi
... filial devotion which sets into greater vividness the filial impiety which is the occasion but not the cause of downfall both in Gloucester and in Lear . It is a play peculiarly lacking in definiteness of time and place . Lear was an ...
... filial devotion which sets into greater vividness the filial impiety which is the occasion but not the cause of downfall both in Gloucester and in Lear . It is a play peculiarly lacking in definiteness of time and place . Lear was an ...
Page 10
... filial . Goneril , 55 51. both by Shakespeare not infrequently used with more than two nouns . 55 . nature : natural affection . with merit challenge : rightfully claim . Lear is an impulsive Celt whose every passion , whether 10 Act L ...
... filial . Goneril , 55 51. both by Shakespeare not infrequently used with more than two nouns . 55 . nature : natural affection . with merit challenge : rightfully claim . Lear is an impulsive Celt whose every passion , whether 10 Act L ...
Page 61
... sons . There is as little of true paternity here as there is of true filial spirit in Goneril and Regan . The bond is equally absent from both families . C Gloucester . These late eclipses in the sun and Scene II . 61 KING LEAR.
... sons . There is as little of true paternity here as there is of true filial spirit in Goneril and Regan . The bond is equally absent from both families . C Gloucester . These late eclipses in the sun and Scene II . 61 KING LEAR.
Page 103
... filial ingratitude . Albany is a man of few words , with whose quiet , loyal nature his wife has no sympathy . Her unquestioned intellectual ability aroused his admiration and developed within him the habit of submission to her ...
... filial ingratitude . Albany is a man of few words , with whose quiet , loyal nature his wife has no sympathy . Her unquestioned intellectual ability aroused his admiration and developed within him the habit of submission to her ...
Page 180
... filial obedience . 189. it : age in general . 190 . Addressed to Goneril . beard : gray with age and a figure of that which is to be respected . 197 , much less advancement : an even greater punishment , 190 195 Lear did not need or ...
... filial obedience . 189. it : age in general . 190 . Addressed to Goneril . beard : gray with age and a figure of that which is to be respected . 197 , much less advancement : an even greater punishment , 190 195 Lear did not need or ...
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