On King Lear

"Where Nature doth with Merit Challenge." (I.i)

That line pretty much sums up the looming theme of the play and the exposition. It sets up the exposition which takes the first act. It is valid for the account of Lear and Glouster's fates--background of which is set up in this actby this very line--which, though Glouster hardly recognizes it (the agent being Edmund), Lear brings his Fate upon himself. Comparing that with other expositions of Shakespeare, first, with... continue reading
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