| William Desmond - 1995 - 282 Seiten
...men of stones: Had I your tongues and eyes, I'd use them so That heaven's vault should crack. She's gone for ever. I know when one is dead and when one lives; She's dead as earth. (King Lear V, iii, 259-63) The philosopher has no category of Howl. Who then are the men of stones?... | |
| Erica Jong - 1995 - 278 Seiten
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| Alan Warren Friedman - 1995 - 360 Seiten
...anguish over Cordelia, announced in harsh monosyllables, is equally definitive: She's gone forever. / know when one is dead and when one lives; She's dead as earth. (5.3.264-6) Lear's echo sounds in the startling opening of Dickens' "Christmas Carol": "Marley was... | |
| John O'Meara - 1996 - 134 Seiten
...sustaining and supporting human life'), we may oppose the following emphasis from the ending of King Lear: I know when one is dead, and when one lives; She's dead as earth. No, no, no life (V.iii.261-262) Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, And thou no breath at... | |
| Timothy Murray - 1997 - 324 Seiten
...men of stones! Had I your tongues and eyes, I'ld use them so That heaven's vault should crack. She's gone for ever! I know when one is dead, and when one lives. She's dead as earth. Lend me a looking-glass, If that her breath will mist or stain the stone, Why then she lives. (V.iii.258-64)... | |
| Harry Berger, Peter Erickson - 1997 - 532 Seiten
...before bringing her back to life; he controls her return, and he sends her back again to death: She's gone for ever. I know when one is dead, and when one lives; She's dead as earth. Lend me a looking-glass; If that her breath will mist or stain the stone, Why, then she lives. This feather stirs;... | |
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