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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... dost stand condemn'd , So may it come , thy master whom thou lovest Shall find thee full of labours.2 Horns within . Enter LEAR , Knights , and Attendants LEAR . Let me not stay a jot for dinner ; go get it ready . [ Exit an Attendant ...
... Dost thou know me ? I remember thine eyes well enough . Dost thou squiny24 at me ? No , do thy worst , blind Cupid ; I'll not love . Read thou this challenge ; mark but the penning on ' t . GLOU . EDG . LEAR . Were all the letters suns ...
... dost thou lash that whore ? Strip thine own back ; Thou hotly lust'st to use her in that kind For which thou whip'st her . The usurer hangs the cozener . Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear ; Robes and furr'd gowns hide all ...