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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... Lear's first words still echo in our ears as we hear his last . We make thee lady .... Let it be so , thy truth then be thy dower ! ... Peace , Kent ! Come not between the dragon and his wrath .... The bow is bent and drawn ; make from ...
... Lear's first words still echo in our ears as we hear his last . We make thee lady .... Let it be so , thy truth then be thy dower ! ... Peace , Kent ! Come not between the dragon and his wrath .... The bow is bent and drawn ; make from ...
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... Lear's gethsemane , its great reality his suf- fering , which so draws us into itself that our conception of the work as a whole is formed in the crucible of our fear and pity . His anguish is kin with the anguish of Job , Prometheus ...
... Lear's gethsemane , its great reality his suf- fering , which so draws us into itself that our conception of the work as a whole is formed in the crucible of our fear and pity . His anguish is kin with the anguish of Job , Prometheus ...
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... Lear's injustice , folly , and selfishness as he duplicates his actions . In the maimed but agile mind of the Fool faithfully dogging Lear's steps , his errors stand as an idée fixe and are harped upon with terrible iteration . We ...
... Lear's injustice , folly , and selfishness as he duplicates his actions . In the maimed but agile mind of the Fool faithfully dogging Lear's steps , his errors stand as an idée fixe and are harped upon with terrible iteration . We ...
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Common terms and phrases
Alack ALBANY ALFRED HARBAGE arms art thou bastard bear Bedlam Bless Burgundy codpiece Cordelia CORNWALL daughters dear death Dost thou doth Dover Duke Duke of Albany Duke of Cornwall Earl of Gloucester EDMUND Enter Edgar Enter Gloucester Enter Kent Enter Lear evil Exeunt Exit eyes father fear Flibbertigibbet folio fool fortune foul fiend France GENTLEMAN give GLOUCESTER EDGAR Gloucester's castle gods GONERIL grace hast hath hear heart heavens hither honor I'ld justice King Lear knave lady LEAR Enter Lear's letter look lord madam master MESSENGER nature never night noble nuncle pity play poor poor Tom Pray Prithee quarto reason REGAN Servants Shakespeare shalt sirrah sister sorrow speak stand sword tell thee There's thine things thou art thou dost traitor true trumpet villain wawl William Shakespeare wind word