King LearSterling Publishers Private Limited, 1984 - 246 pages |
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Page xxxviii
... Lear and of Cordelia , and Lear's entrance with her dead body . There is also a resemblance between Basilius's words— But such we are with inward tempest blowne Of mindes quite contrarie— and Lear's remark ( III . iv . 12 ) about the ...
... Lear and of Cordelia , and Lear's entrance with her dead body . There is also a resemblance between Basilius's words— But such we are with inward tempest blowne Of mindes quite contrarie— and Lear's remark ( III . iv . 12 ) about the ...
Page liii
... Lear as greater at the close than at the beginning ' . It is true , of course , that some of Lear's most impressive criticisms of society are spoken in his madness ; that he becomes progressively more feeble ; and that in the last scene ...
... Lear as greater at the close than at the beginning ' . It is true , of course , that some of Lear's most impressive criticisms of society are spoken in his madness ; that he becomes progressively more feeble ; and that in the last scene ...
Page lvii
... Lear's conduct is absurd , if judged critically ; and the representation of madness is apt to arouse more laughter than sympathy . The Fool was therefore inserted to draw the laughs of the audience , and so preserve Lear's sublimity ...
... Lear's conduct is absurd , if judged critically ; and the representation of madness is apt to arouse more laughter than sympathy . The Fool was therefore inserted to draw the laughs of the audience , and so preserve Lear's sublimity ...
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