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Page 186
... Lear . And as is the manner of the angry man , he at once seeks to have revenge , to show his power , and to injure the one from whom he conceives himself to have received an injury . At once he adds to the dowers of his two flattering ...
... Lear . And as is the manner of the angry man , he at once seeks to have revenge , to show his power , and to injure the one from whom he conceives himself to have received an injury . At once he adds to the dowers of his two flattering ...
Page 187
... Lear has turned in his pride to try to revenge himself for the injury to his self - esteem inflicted by Cordelia's refusal to offer flattering vows and promises , he turns likewise at once in pride and outrageous anger to revenge ...
... Lear has turned in his pride to try to revenge himself for the injury to his self - esteem inflicted by Cordelia's refusal to offer flattering vows and promises , he turns likewise at once in pride and outrageous anger to revenge ...
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... Lear as the tragedy of wrath , then , was planned as a tragedy of old age . In Lear and Gloucester Shakespeare represented old men bestowing benefits unjustly , led by flattery to give unwisely , led by anger to withhold unjustly and to ...
... Lear as the tragedy of wrath , then , was planned as a tragedy of old age . In Lear and Gloucester Shakespeare represented old men bestowing benefits unjustly , led by flattery to give unwisely , led by anger to withhold unjustly and to ...
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action affections ambition anger appearance appetite Aristotle Banquo Blazon of Jealousie blood body brain Cassio cause chapter choler cold complexion Cordelia courage cries death deed Desdemona desire Devil discussion doth English envy evil excessive explains fall of princes father fear fortune French Academie fury ghost Gloucester Goneril grief Hamlet hate hath hear heart Holland's Plutarch honour humours Iago Ibid imitation judgement justice Kent King Lady Macbeth Laertes Lavater Lear Lucius Annaeus Seneca lust Macduff madness maner melan melancholy adust mind Mirror for Magistrates moral philosophy mortal sin murder naturall nature Newton night Ophelia Othello passion play Polonius punishment rage reason Renaissance revenge Roderigo says scene Seneca sensible soul Shakespeare shame shew sleep soliloquy sort speak speech spirits teaching temperate thee theme things thinking Thomas thou thought tragedy translation Treatise unto vengeance vertue vices virtue witches wrath