King LearPenguin, 1998 M06 1 - 352 pages The Signet Classics edition of one of William Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies. Full of cruelty and betrayal, King Lear is the timeless and tragic story of a kingdom held in the thrall of an aging ruler’s descent into madness. Desperate for praise, he banishes those who would guide him with honesty and surrounds himself with sycophants—an action that leads to his ultimate downfall.... This revised Signet Classics edition includes unique features such as: • An overview of Shakespeare's life, world, and theater • A special introduction to the play by the editor, Russell Fraser • Selections from Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia, and The True Chronicle History of King Lear, the sources from which Shakespeare derived King Lear • Dramatic criticism from Samuel Johnson, A. C. Bradley, John Russell Brown, and others • A comprehensive stage and screen history of notable actors, directors, and productions • Text, notes, and commentaries printed in the clearest, most readable text • And more... |
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... fooled. Before he is aware, he has become a participant in the fierce and excessively painful dispute between damnation and impassioned clay. But there is more than craft to Shakespeare's design in thus introducing his drama. He makes ...
... fooled. Before he is aware, he has become a participant in the fierce and excessively painful dispute between damnation and impassioned clay. But there is more than craft to Shakespeare's design in thus introducing his drama. He makes ...
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... fool is in his mouth but the mouth of the wise is in his heart. This is to say that the muteness of Cordelia (like the fantastic credulity of Gloucester) is not so much a reflection of character as it is the embodiment of an idea. Less ...
... fool is in his mouth but the mouth of the wise is in his heart. This is to say that the muteness of Cordelia (like the fantastic credulity of Gloucester) is not so much a reflection of character as it is the embodiment of an idea. Less ...
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... Fool, begging pardon of Goneril: Cry you mercy, I took you for a joint stool; (3.6.51) and also the King, whose confusion is at once real and assumed: Your name, fair gentlewoman? (1.4.242) and, in sterner ways, the Servant, drawing his ...
... Fool, begging pardon of Goneril: Cry you mercy, I took you for a joint stool; (3.6.51) and also the King, whose confusion is at once real and assumed: Your name, fair gentlewoman? (1.4.242) and, in sterner ways, the Servant, drawing his ...
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... Fool A Captain, subordinate to Edmund Gentlemen, attending on Cordelia A Herald Servants to Cornwall Goneril Regan } daughters to Lear Cordelia Knights attending on Lear, Officers, Messengers, Soldiers, Attendants Scene: Britain] The ...
... Fool A Captain, subordinate to Edmund Gentlemen, attending on Cordelia A Herald Servants to Cornwall Goneril Regan } daughters to Lear Cordelia Knights attending on Lear, Officers, Messengers, Soldiers, Attendants Scene: Britain] The ...
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... fools 15 Got begot 19 speed prosper 20 invention plan 24 prescribed limited 25 exhibition an allowance or pension 26 Upon the gad on the spur of the moment (as if pricked by a gad or goad) 28 put up put away, conceal 33-34 terrible ...
... fools 15 Got begot 19 speed prosper 20 invention plan 24 prescribed limited 25 exhibition an allowance or pension 26 Upon the gad on the spur of the moment (as if pricked by a gad or goad) 28 put up put away, conceal 33-34 terrible ...
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