King LearCommercial Press, 1922 - 385 pages |
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Page vii
... insane in the violence of a storm so terrible that his faithful Fool , who will not leave him in his misfortune , dies from exposure and grief when , because of the king's madness , he can no longer serve him . In the meantime ...
... insane in the violence of a storm so terrible that his faithful Fool , who will not leave him in his misfortune , dies from exposure and grief when , because of the king's madness , he can no longer serve him . In the meantime ...
Page 3
... insane ; but his violent , emotional nature , never brought under self - control , is , with the coming on of age , rapidly losing all poise , and will , at the least opposition , break into real insanity . The equality of the division ...
... insane ; but his violent , emotional nature , never brought under self - control , is , with the coming on of age , rapidly losing all poise , and will , at the least opposition , break into real insanity . The equality of the division ...
Page 21
... insane . It is this disturbed equilibrium of the emotion , this initial phase of insanity , which we find in all cases of uncontrolled anger or passion of any kind . Cordelia's silent suffering under her father's curse is particularly ...
... insane . It is this disturbed equilibrium of the emotion , this initial phase of insanity , which we find in all cases of uncontrolled anger or passion of any kind . Cordelia's silent suffering under her father's curse is particularly ...
Page 37
... Lear's words of reply to her appeal are a further revelation of the fact that he has lost all sense of proportion . This is in itself an element in his growing insanity . A France . Is it but this ? - -a Scene I. 337 KING LEAR.
... Lear's words of reply to her appeal are a further revelation of the fact that he has lost all sense of proportion . This is in itself an element in his growing insanity . A France . Is it but this ? - -a Scene I. 337 KING LEAR.
Page 47
... insanity in lack of emotional control . 2. The force of heredity in the family of Lear . 3. Respect as the basis of all true love . 4. An argument in defence of the position taken by Goneril and Regan . Scene II . The Earl of ...
... insanity in lack of emotional control . 2. The force of heredity in the family of Lear . 3. Respect as the basis of all true love . 4. An argument in defence of the position taken by Goneril and Regan . Scene II . The Earl of ...
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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