
Of all Shakespeare's great tragedy 'King Lear' is considered to be the most vast and complex. It admits of interpretation at various levels. To quote some opinions, Gervinus calls it an epic tragedy, and compares it to the classical and medieval tragic epic. Brinek declares that "taken as a whole, it is the mightiest work that Shakespeare has created." Dow den speaks of it''as the greatest single achievement in poetry of the Teutonic or...