King Lear
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194 pages · Released Mar 29, 2016 · Penguin Classics
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A note for parents
King Lear is a complex Shakespearean tragedy dealing with betrayal, madness, family dissolution, and cruelty. The play contains significant violence (blinding, suicide, death in battle), mature psychological themes including descent into madness and despair, and archaic language that includes some crude references. This is a canonical work with substantial educational value, but requires emotional maturity and ideally some guidance to process its dark themes and moral ambiguity.
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This legendary Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Updated for the 21st century by general editors Stephen Orgel of Stanford University and A. R. Braunmuller of UCLA, each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakes... This legendary Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Updated for the 21st century by general editors Stephen Orgel of Stanford University and A. R. Braunmuller of UCLA, each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare's time, an introduction to the individual play, and a detailed note on the text used. With all new cover designs, these affordable Shakespeares are perfect for students, teachers, scholars and theatre professionals alike
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- Drama
- Unloveable Characters
- Not Diverse Characters
- Strong Character Development
- A mix driven
- Character driven
- Plot driven
- classics
- British
- Weak Character Development
- emotional
- challenging
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ISBN 9780143128557 · Penguin Classics