King LearRandom House Publishing Group, 2009 M08 4 - 272 pages A king foolishly divides his kingdom between his scheming two oldest daughters and estranges himself from the daughter who loves him. So begins this profoundly moving and disturbing tragedy that, perhaps more than any other work in literature, challenges the notion of a coherent and just universe. The king and others pay dearly for their shortcomings–as madness, murder, and the anguish of insight and forgiveness that arrive too late combine to make this an all-embracing tragedy of evil and suffering. Each Edition Includes: • Comprehensive explanatory notes • Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship • Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English • Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories • An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmography |
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... answer is blind faith in God , whereas Edmund , like an apologist before the letter for the political philosophy of Thomas Hobbes , commits himself to " nature " as a principle of survival and self - seeking . Gloucester's philosophical ...
... answer is blind faith in God , whereas Edmund , like an apologist before the letter for the political philosophy of Thomas Hobbes , commits himself to " nature " as a principle of survival and self - seeking . Gloucester's philosophical ...
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... answer is to be found in Edgar's reply to Kent's line about the promised end . A question is answered with a question : " Or image of that horror ? " It's not really the end of the world ; it's an image of the end . Hamlet said that the ...
... answer is to be found in Edgar's reply to Kent's line about the promised end . A question is answered with a question : " Or image of that horror ? " It's not really the end of the world ; it's an image of the end . Hamlet said that the ...
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... at the end of Macbeth , and Octavius rules the world at the end of Antony and Cleopatra . So who rules Britain ? The answer used to be something like this . As the husband of the king's eldest daughter , Albany About the Text.
... at the end of Macbeth , and Octavius rules the world at the end of Antony and Cleopatra . So who rules Britain ? The answer used to be something like this . As the husband of the king's eldest daughter , Albany About the Text.
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... answer is something like this . Ah : that's a question over which Shakespeare himself seems to have had some uncertainty . In his original version of the play Albany speaks the final speech and thus rules the realm . But then ...
... answer is something like this . Ah : that's a question over which Shakespeare himself seems to have had some uncertainty . In his original version of the play Albany speaks the final speech and thus rules the realm . But then ...
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Contents
Textual Notes | 122 |
ScenebyScene Analysis | 142 |
The RSC and Beyond | 156 |
Shakespeares Career in the Theater | 203 |
A Chronology | 218 |
References | 226 |
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Act 4 Scene actor Adrian Noble Alack Albany Albany's Antony Antony Sher audience bastard beggar blind Brian Cox Burgundy Cordelia Corin Redgrave CORNWALL daughters death disguised dost Dover Duke Duke of Cornwall Edgar editors Edmund Enter Lear Exeunt Exit eyes father feel Following fortune France GENTLEMAN give gods Goneril Goneril and Regan grace hath heart human Ian McKellen Jonathan Bate KENT KENT LEAR King Lear kingdom knave LEAR FOOL LEAR KENT Lear's letter Lines look lord madam messenger Michael Gambon nature night nuncle performance Peter Brook pity played Lear poor Pray production Q corrected Q uncorrected Quarto text Regan role Royal Shakespeare Company running scene sense servant Shake Shakespeare sister speak speech stage storm tell theater thee there's thine things Tragedy traitor Trevor Nunn trumpet villain