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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... GENT . KENT . GENT . KENT . GENT . KENT . Who's there , besides foul weather ? One minded like the weather , most unquietly . I know you . Where's the king ? Contending with the fretful elements ; Bids the wind blow the earth into the ...
... GENT . O , here he is : lay hand upon him . Sir , Your most dear daughter- LEAR . GENT . LEAR . GENT . LEAR . No rescue ? What , a prisoner ? I am even The natural fool of fortune . Use me well ; You shall have ransom . Let me have a ...
... GENT . EDG . GENT . Sir , speed you : what's your will ? Do you hear aught , sir , of a battle toward ? Most sure and vulgar : every one hears that , Which can distinguish sound . EDG . But , by your favour , GENT . EDG . GENT . EDG . I ...