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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... eyes ; I stumbled when I saw : full oft ' t is seen , Our means secure us , and our mere defects Prove our commodities . Ah , dear son Edgar , The food of thy abused father's wrath ! Might I but live to see thee in my touch , I'ld say I ...
... eyes . EDG . GLOU . EDG . GLOU . EDG . GLOU . EDG . Is wretchedness deprived that benefit , To end itself by death ? ' T was yet some comfort , When misery could beguile the tyrant's rage And frustrate his proud will . Give me your arm ...
... eyes in your head , nor no money in your purse ? Your eyes are in a heavy case , 27 your purse in a light : yet you see how this world goes . GLOU . LEAR . I see it feelingly . What , art mad ? A man may see how this world goes with no eyes ...