King LearWashington Square Press, 1990 - 250 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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... look : look for ; privily : secretly 22. fair deserving : an action which will impress the Duke with my good will toward him III . iv . Lear and his Fool discover Edgar , still pre- tending to be a madman , in the hovel . Gloucester ...
... look : look for ; privily : secretly 22. fair deserving : an action which will impress the Duke with my good will toward him III . iv . Lear and his Fool discover Edgar , still pre- tending to be a madman , in the hovel . Gloucester ...
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William Shakespeare. 24. Look where he stands and glares : Edgar refers to a fiend supposedly looking on . 26. Come o'er the bourn , Bessy , to me : the refrain of a song , addressed playfully here ... Look , where he stands and glares ! 73.
William Shakespeare. 24. Look where he stands and glares : Edgar refers to a fiend supposedly looking on . 26. Come o'er the bourn , Bessy , to me : the refrain of a song , addressed playfully here ... Look , where he stands and glares ! 73.
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... Look on her ! look ! her lips ! Look there , look there ! Edg . 370 He dies . 375 Look up , my lord . He faints ! My lord , my lord ! Kent . Break , heart ; I prithee break ! Edg . 382. usurped his life : lived beyond the natural limits ...
... Look on her ! look ! her lips ! Look there , look there ! Edg . 370 He dies . 375 Look up , my lord . He faints ! My lord , my lord ! Kent . Break , heart ; I prithee break ! Edg . 382. usurped his life : lived beyond the natural limits ...
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