Act 1 Flashcards

1
Q

Gloucester’s comment on Edmund’s making

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‘Good sport at his making, and the whoreson must be acknowledged’

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2
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Lear talking to his three daughters at the start of the play

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‘Divided in three our kingdom… while we unburdened crawl towards death’

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3
Q

Goneril flattering Lear

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‘I love you more than word can wield the matter. Dearer than eyesight, space and liberty’

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4
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Regan worshipping her father

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‘I am made of the same self mettle as my sister… I profess an enemy to all other joys’

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5
Q

Cordelia explaining that she cannot say what she doesn’t feel

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‘I cannot heave my heart into my mouth’

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6
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Lear to Cordelia after she refuses to flatter him

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‘Nothing will come of nothing’

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7
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Lear disowning Cordelia

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‘I disclaim all parental care, prop inquiry and property of blood’

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8
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Lear talking to Kent about Cordelia

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‘I loved her most, and thought to set rest on her kind nursery’

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9
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Kent talking to Lear about Cordelia

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‘As a pawn’

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10
Q

Kent advising Lear not to judge Cordelia

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‘See better Lear’

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11
Q

Edmund’s soliloquy

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‘Wherefore base… Edmund the base’

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12
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Edmund at the end of act 1 scene 2

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‘Let me, if not by birth, have lands by wit’

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13
Q

Goneril talking about Lear

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‘Old fools are babes again’

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14
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Goneril telling Oswald to be rude to Lear

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‘Put on what weary negligence you please’

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15
Q

Response to Who am I Sir

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‘My Lady’s father’

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16
Q

Fool mocking Lear for giving away power

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‘Give me an egg and I’ll give there two crowns’

17
Q

Fool saying what Lear is

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‘Lear’s shadow’

18
Q

Goneril describing Lear’s knights

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‘Riotous’

19
Q

Goneril saying the fool can get away with anything

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‘Your all licensed fool’

20
Q

Lear wishing something upon Goneril

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‘Into her womb convey sterility’

21
Q

Lear talking to Goneril after she suggests to reduce his knights

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‘Sharper than a serpents tooth it is to have a thankless xhild’

22
Q

Goneril describing her husbands personality

A

‘Milky gentleness’

23
Q

Lear talking about Cordelia

A

‘I did her wrong’

24
Q

Lear taking to the fool

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‘O let me not be mad, not mad sweet heaven’