King LearPenguin UK, 2005 M04 7 - 368 pages 'The most perfect specimen of the dramatic art existing in the world' Percy Bysshe Shelley |
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... daughters, and driven as a consequence out of his mind with anger and grief. His insanity estranges him from a whole way of life he had taken for granted, making him question the very basis of his sovereign authority and power, and the ...
... daughters, and driven as a consequence out of his mind with anger and grief. His insanity estranges him from a whole way of life he had taken for granted, making him question the very basis of his sovereign authority and power, and the ...
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... daughters, Gonerill, Regan and Cordelia, while he continues to enjoy 'The name and all th'addition to a king' (I.1.136) without the responsibility. He demands, furthermore, that each daughter compete for the choicest third of the ...
... daughters, Gonerill, Regan and Cordelia, while he continues to enjoy 'The name and all th'addition to a king' (I.1.136) without the responsibility. He demands, furthermore, that each daughter compete for the choicest third of the ...
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... daughter's womb and 'Dry up in her the organs of increase' (275–6) only underscores his impotence. Before Act I is ... daughters' display of 'Sharp-toothed unkindness' (II.4.130) and brazen disdain for 'The offices of nature, bond of ...
... daughter's womb and 'Dry up in her the organs of increase' (275–6) only underscores his impotence. Before Act I is ... daughters' display of 'Sharp-toothed unkindness' (II.4.130) and brazen disdain for 'The offices of nature, bond of ...
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... daughter hanged in the prison he had hoped would be their haven, and then to give up the ghost himself as he gazes in bewildered grief upon her lifeless face. Shakespeare goes out of his way, moreover, to amplify the impact of Lear's ...
... daughter hanged in the prison he had hoped would be their haven, and then to give up the ghost himself as he gazes in bewildered grief upon her lifeless face. Shakespeare goes out of his way, moreover, to amplify the impact of Lear's ...
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... daughters. On the face of it, the moral oppositions and distinctions could scarcely be more clear-cut. Lear is 'a ... daughters' (IV.2.40); while Cordelia, the 'unprized-precious maid' (I.1.259), is the radiant epitome of selfless filial ...
... daughters. On the face of it, the moral oppositions and distinctions could scarcely be more clear-cut. Lear is 'a ... daughters' (IV.2.40); while Cordelia, the 'unprized-precious maid' (I.1.259), is the radiant epitome of selfless filial ...
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