King LearSterling Publishers Private Limited, 1984 - 246 pages |
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... Lear's curse ( 11. iv . 160–1 ) — Strike her young bones , You taking airs , with lameness ! Leir remarks to Perillus ( 1111 ) — think me but the shadow of my selfe.- and the phrase may have suggested the Fool's retort ( 1. iv . 228 ) ...
... Lear's curse ( 11. iv . 160–1 ) — Strike her young bones , You taking airs , with lameness ! Leir remarks to Perillus ( 1111 ) — think me but the shadow of my selfe.- and the phrase may have suggested the Fool's retort ( 1. iv . 228 ) ...
Page lv
... Lear , but of man ; and the suffering itself is perhaps more important than its causes . At times Lear's voice seems to blend with that of Job2 in demanding of the gods why the righteous man is smitten . Lear is suffering man , homo ...
... Lear , but of man ; and the suffering itself is perhaps more important than its causes . At times Lear's voice seems to blend with that of Job2 in demanding of the gods why the righteous man is smitten . Lear is suffering man , homo ...
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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