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A Trio of Tragedies:
MacBeth, Hamlet &
King Lear
by
William Shakespeare
The soldiers’ music and the rites of war
Speak loudly for him.--
Take up the bodies.--Such a sight as this
Becomes the field, but here shows much amiss.
Go, bid the soldiers shoot.
[A dead march.]
[Exeunt, bearing off the dead bodies; after the which a peal of
ordnance is shot off.]
King LEAR Introduction
The exact date of this play’s composition is difficult to pin down, but
emerged between 1603 and 1605. King Lear is a riveting drama that touch-
es people to their core as it thrusts the despairs of old age upon its audience
with startling clarity. An overarching theme of the play is an examination
of man as the fatherly king of the family, ruling without regard to the hopes
and needs of family members similar to how a King rules his people from a
position of God-like authority. Upon this socially familiar framework, King
Lear illustrates the constant desire of youth to consume and seize the au-
thority of seniors. This astounding work sticks in the minds of all who read
it or watch it performed because everyone fears the dotage of old age, loss of
control, and the inevitable march toward nothingness and death.
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