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We might not object to the statement that Lear deserved to suffer for his folly, selfishness and tyranny; but to assert that…
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Nor does the idea of a moral order asserting itself against attack or want of conformity answer in full to our feelings…
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A Shakespearean tragedy as so far considered may be called a story of exceptional calamity leading to the death of a man…
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In approaching our subject it will be best, without attempting to shorten the path by referring to famous theories of the drama,…
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In the first place, it must be remembered that our point of view in examining the construction of a play will not…
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Job was the greatest of all the children of the east, and his afflictions were well-nigh more than he could bear; but…
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Shakespeare also introduces the supernatural into some of his tragedies; he introduces ghosts, and witches who have supernatural knowledge.
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When Shakespeare begins his exposition thus he generally at first makes people talk about the hero, but keeps the hero himself for…
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In Shakespearean tragedy the main source of the convulsion which produces suffering and death is never good: good contributes to this convulsion…
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In speaking, for convenience, of devices and expedients, I did not intend to imply that Shakespeare always deliberately aimed at the effects…
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Most people, even among those who know Shakespeare well and come into real contact with his mind, are inclined to isolate and…
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Shakespeare very rarely makes the least attempt to surprise by his catastrophes. They are felt to be inevitable, though the precise way…
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In the United States...politics is purged of all menace, all sinister quality, all genuine significance, and stuffed with such gorgeous humors, such…
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Complaining about boring football is a little like complaining about the sad ending of King Lear: it misses the point somehow.
— Nick Hornby
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I think Shakespeare got drunk after he finished King Lear. That he had a ball writing it.
— Louis Auchincloss
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Bush has not read enough books to have a developed moral sense. The fewer books you read, the easier it is to…
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Counterfeit Kings is the King Lear of space operas. Science fiction has a fresh, new, no-nonsense voice and his name is Adam…
— Unknown Author
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King Lear is undoubtedly the greatest play ever written by Shakespeare — or anybody else for that matter. Hamlet is certainly great,…
— Paul Scofield
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Directing Skyfall was one of the best experiences of my professional life, but I have theatre and other commitments, including productions of…
— Sam Mendes
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Shakespeare wrote all there is that we need to know about dementia in 'King Lear.
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To watch King Lear is to approach the recognition that there is indeed no meaning in life, and that there are limits…
— Peter Ackroyd
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