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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... LEAR . Why , for taking one's part that's out of favour : nay , an thou canst not smile as the wind sits , thou'lt catch cold shortly : there , take my coxcomb : why , this fellow hath banished two ... LEAR . ACTI - SCENE IV 21 King Lear.
... LEAR . FOOL . LEAR . FOOL . LEAR . Ay , boy . Then , I prithee , be merry ; thy wit shall ne'er go slip - shod.2 Ha , ha , ha ! Shalt see thy other daughter will use thee kindly ; for though she's as like this as a crab ' s like an ...
... LEAR . Good morrow to CORN . REG . LEAR . REG . LEAR . REG . LEAR . REG . you both . Hail to your grace ! [ Kent is set at liberty . ] I am glad to see your highness . Regan , I think you are ; I know what reason I have to think so : if ...