King LearCommercial Press, 1922 - 385 pages |
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... nature universal , affording a laboratory unsurpassed for the study of human psychology and ethics . It is in character - creation that the genius of Shakespeare is pre - eminent . The great facts of life , the enduring relationships ...
... nature universal , affording a laboratory unsurpassed for the study of human psychology and ethics . It is in character - creation that the genius of Shakespeare is pre - eminent . The great facts of life , the enduring relationships ...
Page vi
... nature of the play is not without its question . As it stands , it is such a terrible revelation of human suffering that it cannot , and according to Charles Lamb should not , be acted . It is , however , coloured by a strain of the ...
... nature of the play is not without its question . As it stands , it is such a terrible revelation of human suffering that it cannot , and according to Charles Lamb should not , be acted . It is , however , coloured by a strain of the ...
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... nature or value of the divisions is so exactly determined that the most careful scrutiny ( curiosity ) can in neither part or division find ground for choice of the part ( moiety ) belonging to either . KING LEAR Scene I. Scene 1. True ...
... nature or value of the divisions is so exactly determined that the most careful scrutiny ( curiosity ) can in neither part or division find ground for choice of the part ( moiety ) belonging to either . KING LEAR Scene I. Scene 1. True ...
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... nature cruel , full of treachery and over ambitious . The motives which led the king to divide his kingdom are not clear ; and the act may be taken as typical of his characteristic rashness . Lear is not now insane ; but his violent ...
... nature cruel , full of treachery and over ambitious . The motives which led the king to divide his kingdom are not clear ; and the act may be taken as typical of his characteristic rashness . Lear is not now insane ; but his violent ...
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... nature even more evident , recalls the lewd pleasure of his relations with his paramour as ground for acknowledging his son ; and , with this apology , introduces him to Kent . Edmund is a bastard ; and , being a child of passion , is ...
... nature even more evident , recalls the lewd pleasure of his relations with his paramour as ground for acknowledging his son ; and , with this apology , introduces him to Kent . Edmund is a bastard ; and , being a child of passion , is ...
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