 | Kenneth Muir, Stanley Wells - Literary Criticism - 1982 - 116 pages
...has wronged Cordelia : O most small fault, How ugly didst thou in Cordelia show ! . . . O Lear, Lear, Lear ! Beat at this gate, that let thy folly in, And thy dear judgement out ! In the next scene he comes to a full recognition of his folly: 'I did her wrong.' All... | |
 | William F. Zak - Lear, King (Legendary character), in literature - 1984 - 220 pages
...clear indication of which way the "wind sits." Striking his head in rage he cries out — O Lear, Lear, Lear! Beat at this gate, that let thy folly in And thy dear judgment out! (1.4.270-72) We are moved, of course, by the extremity of Lear's frustration, his self-accusation,... | |
 | George Douglas Atkins, Michael L. Johnson - Deconstruction - 1985 - 240 pages
..."The best and soundest of his time hath been but rash," "All this done / Upon the gad?" "O Lear, Lear, Lear! / Beat at this gate, that let thy folly in / And thy dear judgment out!"). Scene 1 is itself an act of splitting: father from daughter, sister from sisters, king from kingdom,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1990 - 324 pages
...From the fixed place, drew from my heart all love, And added to the gall. Oh Lear, Lear, Lear! 255 Beat at this gate, that let thy folly in, And thy dear judgment out! Go, go, my people. [Exeunt Kent and Knights] redress. Therefore, be requested by one who'll otherwise take what she's... | |
 | Marvin Rosenberg - Drama - 1992 - 456 pages
...Spurgeon observed is here matched by the physical assault that will be visited on the flesh: O Lear, Lear, Lear! Beat at this gate, that let thy folly in, And thy dear judgment out! (279-286.) And he hammers at his head. At his mind, already like a vex'd sea. A Norwegian Lear held... | |
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O Lear, Lear, Lear! Beat at this gate that let thy folly in, And thy dear judgment out. 
