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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... thine enemies ; ne'er fear to lose it , Thy safety being motive . LEAR Out of my sight ! KENT See better , Lear , and let me still remain The true blank of thine eye . LEAR 149 150 151 154 155 156 157 158 159 Now by Apollo- KENT Now by ...
... thine enemies ; ne'er fear to lose it , Thy safety being motive . LEAR Out of my sight ! KENT See better , Lear , and let me still remain The true blank of thine eye . LEAR 149 150 151 154 155 156 157 158 159 Now by Apollo- KENT Now by ...
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... thine ass on thy back o'er the dirt . Thou hadst little wit in thy bald crown when thou gav'st thy golden one away . If I speak like myself in this , let him be whipped that first finds it so . [ Sings ] Fools had ne'er less grace in a ...
... thine ass on thy back o'er the dirt . Thou hadst little wit in thy bald crown when thou gav'st thy golden one away . If I speak like myself in this , let him be whipped that first finds it so . [ Sings ] Fools had ne'er less grace in a ...
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... thine eyes well enough . Dost thou squiny at me ? No , do thy worst , blind Cupid ; I'll not 136 love . Read thou ... thine ears . See how yond justice rails upon yond simple thief . Hark in thine ear : change 150 places and , handy ...
... thine eyes well enough . Dost thou squiny at me ? No , do thy worst , blind Cupid ; I'll not 136 love . Read thou ... thine ears . See how yond justice rails upon yond simple thief . Hark in thine ear : change 150 places and , handy ...
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Alack ALBANY ALFRED HARBAGE arms art thou bastard bear Bedlam Bless brother 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 word ΙΟΙ