King LearYale University Press, 1 okt 2008 - 215 pagina's King Lear, one of Shakespeare's darkest and most savage plays, tells the story of the foolish and Job-like 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. |
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Pagina xviii
... Lear himself would be upheld by it. But, in my view, he is not. . . .The practical objections which I have here ... Lear's dramatic structure will indicate,unsurprisingly,that although we may not have always or accurately understood ...
... Lear himself would be upheld by it. But, in my view, he is not. . . .The practical objections which I have here ... Lear's dramatic structure will indicate,unsurprisingly,that although we may not have always or accurately understood ...
Pagina xix
... Lear—at least in its first three acts—was from the start designed to indulge and please the actors in Shakespeare's company. It is not accidental that, though the cast list is relatively small, twelve of Lear's two dozen significant ...
... Lear—at least in its first three acts—was from the start designed to indulge and please the actors in Shakespeare's company. It is not accidental that, though the cast list is relatively small, twelve of Lear's two dozen significant ...
Pagina xxiv
... Lear has been lost in a fantasy world, and Goneril and Regan have been swishing through a fog of pure verbality, Cordelia swings starkly to the other extreme.Lear's subsequent unbalanced rage,no matter how predictable,is grandly ...
... Lear has been lost in a fantasy world, and Goneril and Regan have been swishing through a fog of pure verbality, Cordelia swings starkly to the other extreme.Lear's subsequent unbalanced rage,no matter how predictable,is grandly ...
Pagina xxv
... Lear and most of Shakespeare's other great plays is primarily founded on dramatic extravagance, beautifully handled ... Lear's characters are of high interest not because of what they are but because of what they do. This not a value ...
... Lear and most of Shakespeare's other great plays is primarily founded on dramatic extravagance, beautifully handled ... Lear's characters are of high interest not because of what they are but because of what they do. This not a value ...
Pagina xxvii
... Lear's differentness:“The tragedy is most poignant in that it is purposeless, unreasonable. . . .King Lear is supreme in that,in [its] main theme,it faces the very absence of tragic purpose.”G. Wilson Knight,The Wheel of Fire ...
... Lear's differentness:“The tragedy is most poignant in that it is purposeless, unreasonable. . . .King Lear is supreme in that,in [its] main theme,it faces the very absence of tragic purpose.”G. Wilson Knight,The Wheel of Fire ...
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