King LearCommercial Press, 1922 - 385 pages |
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Page vi
... pity . ' King Lear is rightly called a tragedy ; and , by some , the greatest of them all ; but 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 ...
... pity . ' King Lear is rightly called a tragedy ; and , by some , the greatest of them all ; but 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 ...
Page 25
... pity ; Kent serves and opposes through love . In this he is a contrasting foil to the elder daughters who through lack of love cater to their father's folly . Kent has a high regard for Cordelia and sees in her a true affection for her ...
... pity ; Kent serves and opposes through love . In this he is a contrasting foil to the elder daughters who through lack of love cater to their father's folly . Kent has a high regard for Cordelia and sees in her a true affection for her ...
Page 117
... pity according to the temper of our own minds . There are those ( see Barrett Wendell ) who think the play of King Lear to have been received by the theatre of Shakespeare's time as a comedy or , at least , as so filled with the ...
... pity according to the temper of our own minds . There are those ( see Barrett Wendell ) who think the play of King Lear to have been received by the theatre of Shakespeare's time as a comedy or , at least , as so filled with the ...
Page 173
... pity to go forth to Lear who is asked to do just that which may not be expected of age . In reply Lear is bitterly ironical as he kneels in mock humility that Regan may mark how an abject apology sounds from him . Of course , he is ...
... pity to go forth to Lear who is asked to do just that which may not be expected of age . In reply Lear is bitterly ironical as he kneels in mock humility that Regan may mark how an abject apology sounds from him . Of course , he is ...
Page 191
... pity only by his daughters ' heartless cruelty . Human sympathy goes forth naturally to one whose punishment seems to contain any element of injustice ; and , by the utter needless- ness of their extreme rigor , these women call forth ...
... pity only by his daughters ' heartless cruelty . Human sympathy goes forth naturally to one whose punishment seems to contain any element of injustice ; and , by the utter needless- ness of their extreme rigor , these women call forth ...
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