King LearPenguin Books, 1970 - 175 pages "King Lear, one of Shakespeare's darkest and most savage plays, tells the story of the foolish and purblind Lear, who divides his kingdom, as he does his affections, according to vanity and whim. Lear's failure as a father engulfs himself and his world in turmoil and tragedy." "Eminent linguist and translator Burton Raffel offers generous help with vocabulary, pronunciation, and prosody and provides alternative readings of phrases and lines. His on-page annotations give readers all the tools they need to comprehend the play and begin to explore its many possible interpretations. Raffel provides an introductory essay, and in a concluding essay Harold Bloom examines Lear, who, though possessed of Jobean dignity, is rather unlike Job, since Lear so determinedly brings about his own suffering."--BOOK JACKET. |
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Page 64
... tell what I can tell . 13 • LEAR What canst tell , boy ? FOOL She will taste as like this as a crab does to a crab . Thou canst tell why one's nose stands i ' th ' middle on's face ? LEAR NO . FOOL Why , to keep one's eyes of either ...
... tell what I can tell . 13 • LEAR What canst tell , boy ? FOOL She will taste as like this as a crab does to a crab . Thou canst tell why one's nose stands i ' th ' middle on's face ? LEAR NO . FOOL Why , to keep one's eyes of either ...
Page 165
... tell you straight . KENT If Fortune brag of two she loved and hated , One of them we behold . LEAR This is a dull sight . Are you not Kent ? KENT 279 280 281 283 The same : 284 Your servant Kent ; where is your servant Caius ? LEAR He's ...
... tell you straight . KENT If Fortune brag of two she loved and hated , One of them we behold . LEAR This is a dull sight . Are you not Kent ? KENT 279 280 281 283 The same : 284 Your servant Kent ; where is your servant Caius ? LEAR He's ...
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... tell what can what 15 What canst tell , boy Why , what canst thou tell , my boy 17 canst canst not i ' th ' middle on's in the middle of his 31 moe more 33 Yes indeed Yes 38 till before 40 0 , let me not be mad , not mad , sweet heaven ...
... tell what can what 15 What canst tell , boy Why , what canst thou tell , my boy 17 canst canst not i ' th ' middle on's in the middle of his 31 moe more 33 Yes indeed Yes 38 till before 40 0 , let me not be mad , not mad , sweet heaven ...
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ALBANY ALFRED HARBAGE arms art thou astrological sect Attendants bear Bedlam blessing brother Burgundy codpiece Cordelia CORNWALL CURAN daughter dear death Dost thou doth Dover Duke Duke of Albany Duke of Cornwall Earl of Gloucester Enter Edgar Enter Gloucester Enter Kent Enter Lear Enter Steward Oswald Exeunt Exit eyes father fear Flibbertigibbet folio follow fool fortune foul fiend France GENTLEMAN give GLOUCESTER EDGAR Gloucester's castle gods GONERIL grace hath hear heart heavens hither honor horse I'ld justice KENT King Lear knave lady LEAR Enter Lear's letter look lord madam master MESSENGER nature night noble nuncle pity play poor poor Tom pow'rs pray Prithee quarto REGAN Servants Shakespeare shame sirrah sister slave speak stand sword tell thee There's thine things thou art thou dost to't traitor trumpet Ursa Major constellations villain wind word