King Lear (William Shakespeare)
GPTKB entity
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:play
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| gptkbp:adaptation |
gptkb:King_Lear_(opera)
gptkb:King_Lear_(1987_film) gptkb:King_Lear_(2018_film) gptkb:Ran_(film) |
| gptkbp:author |
gptkb:William_Shakespeare
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| gptkbp:basedOn |
gptkb:Holinshed's_Chronicles
gptkb:The_True_Chronicle_History_of_King_Leir |
| gptkbp:countryOfOrigin |
gptkb:England
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| gptkbp:dateWritten |
c. 1605
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| gptkbp:firstPerformed |
1606
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| gptkbp:genre |
tragedy
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
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| gptkbp:language |
English
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| gptkbp:mainCharacter |
gptkb:Gloucester
gptkb:King_Lear gptkb:Regan gptkb:Cordelia gptkb:Edgar gptkb:Edmund gptkb:Goneril |
| gptkbp:notableQuote |
Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks!
I am a man more sinned against than sinning. Nothing will come of nothing. How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child! When we are born, we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools. Who is it that can tell me who I am? Thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wise. The worst is not, so long as we can say, 'This is the worst.' O, let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven! Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. The wheel is come full circle. Fortune, good night: smile once more; turn thy wheel! The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices make instruments to plague us. The prince of darkness is a gentleman. He that has a house to put's head in has a good head-piece. Have more than thou showest, speak less than thou knowest, lend less than thou owest. Love's not love when it is mingled with regards that stand aloof from the entire point. |
| gptkbp:numberOfActs |
5
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| gptkbp:publisher |
gptkb:First_Folio
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| gptkbp:setting |
gptkb:ancient_Britain
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| gptkbp:theme |
gptkb:family
betrayal justice madness power blindness |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Il_re_Lear_(Antonio_Cagnoni)
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
8
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