Questions tagged [king-lear]
Questions about Shakespeare's tragedy 'King Lear', which was probably written between 1603 and 1606. The texts of the early editions (the first quarto of 1608, the second quarto of 1609 and the First Folio of 1623) differ considerable, but this tag applies to any edition of the play. Use this tag with the [william-shakespeare] tag.
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What does Regan mean by "square of sense" in King Lear?
The exact meaning of the following phrase in bold is not clear to me. In the first scene of King Lear, Regan utters these words to her father with flattery. I'm not sure but I think I read somewhere ...
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Historical King Ina and Shakespeare's King Lear in the writings of Thomas Hardy
In Thomas Hardy's short(ish) story "The Withered Arm", one of his descriptions of the Wessex countryside features the following cryptic allusion:
It was a long walk; thick clouds made the ...
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Was Edmund in the Narnia series loosely inspired by Edmund in King Lear?
In King Lear, Edmund, resentful of his inferior status to his older brother, betrays his family and frames his brother as a traitor. This strikes me as being quite a bit like what Edmund does in The ...
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Does this passage in King Lear develop the theme of compassion or truth?
This is from Act 5 Scene 3 of King Lear:
A plague upon you, murderers, traitors all!
I might have saved her. Now she’s gone for ever.—
Cordelia, Cordelia, stay a little. Ha?
What is ’t thou say’st?—...
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