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Page 173
... speech , he is told that the Welsh army has defected to the other side , that the English nation is also turning against him together with the Duke of York , and that several of his confidantes have been executed . This in turn throws ...
... speech , he is told that the Welsh army has defected to the other side , that the English nation is also turning against him together with the Duke of York , and that several of his confidantes have been executed . This in turn throws ...
Page 267
... speech on degree in Act One , scene three , where he sets out to diagnose the decline of morale and self - interested factionalism which plagues the Greek camp . Modern critics generally agree that this speech cannot be taken as a form ...
... speech on degree in Act One , scene three , where he sets out to diagnose the decline of morale and self - interested factionalism which plagues the Greek camp . Modern critics generally agree that this speech cannot be taken as a form ...
Page 353
... speech " points up to the incoher- ence of Lear's words , and inattention to what others are saying " ( note 291 ) . However , this view seems questionable in the light of the attending refer- ences to Lear's imperfect eyesight ...
... speech " points up to the incoher- ence of Lear's words , and inattention to what others are saying " ( note 291 ) . However , this view seems questionable in the light of the attending refer- ences to Lear's imperfect eyesight ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | iii |
THE DARK LANTERN | 45 |
THE REFORMED EYE | 107 |
Copyright | |
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