King Lear (Annotated Edition)
Scene-by-scene “What’s Just Happened”, Context Snacks, key quotes, themes & critics
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The TritonLit Annotated Edition of King Lear guides you through Shakespeare’s most devastating tragedy of power, loyalty, and human frailty. When Lear foolishly divides his kingdom between his flattering daughters and casts out the honest Cordelia, he sets in motion a storm of betrayal, cruelty, and madness that tears both family and state apart.
Unlike plain-text editions, TritonLit gives you the play and the tools to understand it:
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Scene-by-scene “What’s Just Happened” summaries — crystal-clear plot guidance
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Context Snacks — Elizabethan kingship, succession crises, and the performance of madness explained
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Character profiles — Lear, Cordelia, Goneril, Regan, Edmund, and the Fool, unpacked with precision
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Key quotes analysed — how Shakespeare’s language creates heartbreak, irony, and philosophical weight
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Themes and critical perspectives — justice, suffering, nature, family, and the meaning of authority
With tragedy on both intimate and cosmic scales, this is a play that asks the hardest questions of humanity — and this edition makes its richness accessible to students, readers, and performers alike.
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