King Lear

King Lear

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Beschreibung

King Lear is a tragedy by Shakespeare, written about 1605 or 1606. Shakespeare based it on the legendary King Leir of the Britons, whose story is outlined in Geoffrey of Monmouth¿s pseudohistorical History of the Kings of Britain (written in about 1136).The play tells the tale of the aged King Lear who is passing on the control of his kingdom to his three daughters. He asks each of them to express their love for him, and the first two, Goneril and Regan do so effusively, saying they love him above all things. But his youngest daughter, Cordelia, is compelled to be truthful and says that she must reserve some love for her future husband. Lear, enraged, cuts her off without any inheritance.The secondary plot deals with the machinations of Edmund, the bastard son of the Earl of Gloucester, who manages to convince his father that his legitimate son Edgar is plotting against him.After Lear steps down from power, he finds that his elder daughters have no real respect or love for him, and treat him and his followers as a nuisance. They allow the raging Lear to wander out into a storm, hoping to be rid of him, and conspire with Edmund to overthrow the Earl of Gloucester.The play is a moving study of the perils of old age and the true meaning of filial love. It ends tragically with the deaths of both Cordelia and Lear¿so tragically, in fact, that performances during the Restoration period sometimes substituted a happy ending. In modern times, though, King Lear is performed as written and generally regarded as one of Shakespeare¿s best plays.This Standard Ebooks edition is based on William George Clark and William Aldis Wright¿s 1887 Victoria edition, which is taken from the Globe edition.

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Haupt-Genre
Romane
Sub-Genre
Abenteuer
Format
Taschenbuch
Seitenzahl
156
Preis
17.95 €

Beiträge

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4

one of the four great tragedies

to be completely honest, I did not have the best reading experience with this. I'm sure though that this was because I had trouble understanding the language and to truly grasp what was going on. This play has so much to offer but you have to sit with it for a while for everything to unfold.

one of the four great tragedies
4.5

Shakespeare was inspired by Goro Akechi and created Edmund, trust me. Very dramatic, insane and dark play as always. Though King Lear is especially devastating.

4

A terrible tragedy, a dramatic telling of simple life lessons. The pace and dialogues were great, the characterizations even better. Surely Ramsay Bolton is based on Edmund.

3

Am besten sind natürlich die Schimpfwörter ;) Wenn man "Fool" von Moore gelesen hat, muss man das Original nicht mehr lesen. Andersherum aber auf jeden Fall.

4

This has been the first Shakespeare I've read for years and also the first ever I read in English - I was a little bit worried that maybe Shakespeare would be too difficult for me as a non-native English speaker, but everything was fine which probably was the case because of this edition that includes so much additional information on the background, the different versions of the play, and on words in old English that might be difficult to understand. As in all the other Shakespeare dramas I read I loved not only the thrilling storyline but also the brilliantly beautiful language. And also as usual, so many things are in here: castles, Earls, a king, a battle and a lot of fighting, swords and poison (of course, what would a Shakespeare be without swords and poison??) ;) people are going mad, people are acting as if mad, people are driving other people mad, people loose their eyes, princesses are fighting - yes, this is set in the middle ages and there are fighting princesses who also say things like "Hang him instantly." or "Pluck out his eyes.) Though written somewhen in between 1603 and 1605 (and set even earlier) I felt that the characters, their issues with jealousy, intrigues, love, and betrayal, are still relatable, and Shakespeare makes them feel very real.

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