My grandfather John Bass, was the overseer of a large plantation in South Carolina before the Civil War. ... Aunt Quinnie Ruple was a sister. ... I had a half sister, Lucy Pitts, (lived to be 108). ... That summer was the "Hi Lite- of my life, as I got to go back home for a while to stay with my older brothers and sisters. ... When we got to see any of our older brothers and sisters, Mama always went along with us, as they would not accept Mr. ...

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Many critics regard "King Lear" as the greatest, and most tragic, of William Shakespeare's plays; indeed, some claim that it is the most tragic play ever written. And yet, it is difficult to see why we should regard "King Lear" as a tragedy for the King is basically a pathetic old man, vain and foolish, rash in his judgment and incapable of controlling his emotions. This characterization seems to preclude viewing Lear on the Aristotelian model of a tragic hero, as someone raised above the ordinary level of humanity, except in the most conventional sense of his social status. Moreover, in ...

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