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Flashcards by soozi fullstop, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by soozi fullstop
almost 9 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| SAMUEL JOHNSON | 'Tragedy of King Lear' 'A play in which the wicked prosper and the virtuous miscarry' |
| CHARLES LAMB | 'We see not Lear, but we are Lear' |
| RICHARD G. MOULTON | 'The play is occupied with the contact of two madnesses... Lear and Edgar' 'duet of madness' |
| JOSEPH WARTON | 'impossible to be represented on a stage' |
| A. C. BRADLEY | 'Monstrously unjust' |
| SCHLEGEL | 'After so many sufferings, Lear can only die' (felt the play's conclusion was right) |
| Fun fact: Shakespeare invented the words 'bedazzle' and 'swagger', so in that exam, 'bedazzle' that examiner with your 'swag[ger]' |
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