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In this tragic play, Lear, a ruler in pre-Christian Britain, is described as a "very foolish old man, fourscore and upward." Grossly misjudging his daughters, he endures a harrowing experience and emerges as a man "more sinned against than sinning."Sheri Metzger is the author of 'CliffsNotes on Shakespeare's King Lear (Cliffsnotes Literature Guides)', published 2000 under ISBN 9780764585821 and ISBN 0764585827.
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