King LearBristol Classical Press, 1987 - 247 pages |
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Page 45
... means of ideas of the grotesque , which is ' more cruel than tragedy ' . His analysis of the play , drawing on Samuel Beckett as a means of approaching such scenes as Gloucester's mock- suicide , greatly impressed Peter Brook , and ...
... means of ideas of the grotesque , which is ' more cruel than tragedy ' . His analysis of the play , drawing on Samuel Beckett as a means of approaching such scenes as Gloucester's mock- suicide , greatly impressed Peter Brook , and ...
Page 106
... means ' what ? EDMUND Persuade me to the murder of your lordship ; But that I told him the revenging gods ' Gainst parricides did all their thunders bend , Spoke with how manifold and strong a bond The child was bound to the father ...
... means ' what ? EDMUND Persuade me to the murder of your lordship ; But that I told him the revenging gods ' Gainst parricides did all their thunders bend , Spoke with how manifold and strong a bond The child was bound to the father ...
Page 170
... means , madam : Our foster - nurse of nature is repose , The which he lacks : that to provoke in him , Are many simples * operative , whose power Will close the eye of anguish . CORDELIA All blest secrets , All you unpublished virtues ...
... means , madam : Our foster - nurse of nature is repose , The which he lacks : that to provoke in him , Are many simples * operative , whose power Will close the eye of anguish . CORDELIA All blest secrets , All you unpublished virtues ...
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