Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 2Laurie Lanzen Harris Gale Research Company, 1984 - 591 pages This volume includes plot summaries, character profiles, criticism of the works and sources for further study. |
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Page 173
... suffering of man with the justice and mercy of God ? ( p . 35 ) By suffering , wisdom has come to the aged Lear and to Gloucester , to young Edgar too , and to Albany . Kent realizes how suffering opens men's eyes . ' Nothing almost ...
... suffering of man with the justice and mercy of God ? ( p . 35 ) By suffering , wisdom has come to the aged Lear and to Gloucester , to young Edgar too , and to Albany . Kent realizes how suffering opens men's eyes . ' Nothing almost ...
Page 218
... suffering , and the suffering in the play in general , as a direct consequence of his transgression of divine order inherent in his abdication of the throne . Although a political error , the decision has repercussions on the individual ...
... suffering , and the suffering in the play in general , as a direct consequence of his transgression of divine order inherent in his abdication of the throne . Although a political error , the decision has repercussions on the individual ...
Page 252
... suffering in what he here says to Gloucester ; his subject is the suffering that is rooted in the very fact of being human , and its best symbol is the birth cry of every infant , as if it knew already that to enter humanity is to be ...
... suffering in what he here says to Gloucester ; his subject is the suffering that is rooted in the very fact of being human , and its best symbol is the birth cry of every infant , as if it knew already that to enter humanity is to be ...
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