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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... hence , 29 and banishment is here . [ To Cordelia ] The gods to their dear shelter take thee , maid , That justly think'st and hast most rightly said ! [ To Regan and Goneril ] And your large speeches may your deeds approve , That good ...
... hence to - night . That's most certain , and with you ; next month with us . You see how full of changes his age is ; the observation we have made of it hath not been little : he always loved our sister most ; and with what poor ...
... hence like foxes.3 Wipe thine eyes ; The good - years shall devour them , flesh and fell , 4 1. gilded butterflies ] fashionable courtiers . 2. packs and sects ] parties and factions ( of politicians ) . 3. fire us hence like foxes ...