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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... heavens , If you do love old men , if your sweet sway Allow21 obedience , if yourselves are old , Make it your cause ; send down , and take my part ! [ To Gon . ] Art not ashamed to look upon this beard ? O Regan , wilt thou take her by ...
... heavens , give me that patience , patience I need ! You see me here , you gods , a poor old man , As full of grief as age ; wretched in both : If it be you that stirs these daughters ' hearts Against their father , fool me not so much ...
... heavens ' plagues Have humbled to all strokes : that I am wretched Makes thee the happier . Heavens , deal so still ! Let the superfluous and lust - dieted man , That slaves your ordinance , that will not see Because he doth not feel ...