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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... Seek out the traitor Gloucester . [ Exeunt some of the Servants . ] REG . GON . CORN . Hang him instantly . Pluck out his eyes . Leave him to my displeasure . Edmund , keep you our sister company : the revenges we are bound to take upon ...
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