King LearPenguin, 1998 M06 1 - 352 pages The Signet Classics edition of one of William Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies. Full of cruelty and betrayal, King Lear is the timeless and tragic story of a kingdom held in the thrall of an aging ruler’s descent into madness. Desperate for praise, he banishes those who would guide him with honesty and surrounds himself with sycophants—an action that leads to his ultimate downfall.... This revised Signet Classics edition includes unique features such as: • An overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater • A special introduction to the play by the editor, Russell Fraser • Selections from Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia, and The True Chronicle History of King Lear, the sources from which Shakespeare derived King Lear • Dramatic criticism from Samuel Johnson, A. C. Bradley, John Russell Brown, and others • A comprehensive stage and screen history of notable actors, directors, and productions • Text, notes, and commentaries printed in the clearest, most readable text • And more... |
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... heart wrapped in a player's hide supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you, and being an absolute Johannes-factotum [i.e., jack-of all-trades] is in his own conceit the only Shakescene in a country. The ...
... heart wrapped in a player's hide supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you, and being an absolute Johannes-factotum [i.e., jack-of all-trades] is in his own conceit the only Shakescene in a country. The ...
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... heart, on the evidence of the play, is too weak to support it. His nature cannot carry the affliction or the fear. What ribs of oak, when mountains melt on them, Can hold the mortise? (Othello, 2.1) Human beings endure until they expire ...
... heart, on the evidence of the play, is too weak to support it. His nature cannot carry the affliction or the fear. What ribs of oak, when mountains melt on them, Can hold the mortise? (Othello, 2.1) Human beings endure until they expire ...
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... heart of a fool is in his mouth but the mouth of the wise is in his heart. This is to say that the muteness of Cordelia (like the fantastic credulity of Gloucester) is not so much a reflection of character as it is the embodiment of an ...
... heart of a fool is in his mouth but the mouth of the wise is in his heart. This is to say that the muteness of Cordelia (like the fantastic credulity of Gloucester) is not so much a reflection of character as it is the embodiment of an ...
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... heart than the King's? How does one construe that fitness to which Albany appeals, in declining to let his hands obey his blood; or that pleasure, a more intriguing word, which inclines the Old Man to succor the blinded Gloucester ...
... heart than the King's? How does one construe that fitness to which Albany appeals, in declining to let his hands obey his blood; or that pleasure, a more intriguing word, which inclines the Old Man to succor the blinded Gloucester ...
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... heart I find she names my very deed of love;° Only she comes too short, that° I profess Myself an enemy to all other joys Which the most precious square professes,° of sense And find I am alone felicitate° In your dear Highness'
... heart I find she names my very deed of love;° Only she comes too short, that° I profess Myself an enemy to all other joys Which the most precious square professes,° of sense And find I am alone felicitate° In your dear Highness'
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