King LearDover Publications, 1994 M06 16 - 144 pages First performed about 1805, King Lear is one of the most relentlessly bleak of Shakespeare's tragedies. Probably written between Othello and Macbeth, when the playwright was at the peak of his tragic power, Lear's themes of filial ingratitude, injustice, and the meaninglessness of life in a seemingly indifferent universe are explored with unsurpassed power and depth. |
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... EDMUND KENT . I thought the king had more affected1 the Duke of Albany than Cornwall . GLOU . It did always seem so to us : but now , in the division of the kingdom , it appears not which of the dukes he values most ; for equalities are ...
... Edmund As to the legitimate : fine word , “ legitimate ” ! Well , my legitimate , if this letter speed And my invention thrive , Edmund the base Shall top the legitimate . I grow ; I prosper : Now , gods , stand up for bastards ! Enter ...
... Edmund , farewell . Get horses for your mistress . [ Exeunt Goneril , Edmund , and Oswald . ] Go seek the traitor Gloucester . Pinion him like a thief , bring him before us . [ Exeunt other Servants . ] Though well we may not pass upon ...