King Lear -

William Shakespeare

Cliffs Notes

2000

240 páginas

8h 0m

ISBN-13: 9780764585715

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In this tragic play, Lear, a ruler in pre-Christian Britain, is described as a "very foolish old man." Grossly misjudging his daughters, he endures a harrowing experience and emerges as a man "more sinned against than sinning." This most tragic of Shakespearean plays speaks to us repeatedly about fate and chance, destiny and the gods. But we also are reminded that humanity has free will — and King Lear's choices lead to madness.

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Já li duas obras de Shakespeare, mas essa infelizmente não me chamou atenção, não me prendeu como as outras. Uma grande tragédia com suas filhas, o rei Lear foi ignorante, foi medir o grau de afeto de cada uma e acabou dando tudo errado. Um fato interessante é que, rei Lear é um conto popular na Inglaterra do século XII é uma das grandes obra primas de Shakespeare, mas na minha opinião as outras obras primas são melhores das que eu li por enquanto: Romeu e Julieta e Hamlet. Ano que vem irei me aprofundar em mais obras, mas por enquanto rei Lear é a obra que eu menos gosto.