ACT 1 Flashcards
(24 cards)
Lear - ‘I am ashamed..’
‘I am ashamed that thou hast power to shake my manhood thus, these hot tears, which break from me perforce’
Edmund - ‘This is..’
‘This is the excellent foppery of the world. that we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and stars’
Kent - ‘Royal Lear..’
‘royal Lear, whom I have ever honoured as my king, loved as a father, as my master followed’
Lear - ‘Which of you..’
‘Which of you shall we say doth love us most? that we out largest bounty may extend where nature doth with merit challenge’
Gloucester - ‘these late..’
‘these late eclipses in the sun and moon portend no good to us’
Goneril - ‘A love…’
‘A love that makes breath poor and speech unable’
Fool - ‘they’ll have..’
‘They’ll have me whipped for speaking true, thou’lt have me whipped for lying, and sometimes I am whipped for holding my peace’
Goneril - ‘You strike..’
‘You strike my people, and your disordered rabble make servants of their betters’
Kent - ‘The best..’
‘the best of me is diligence’
Lear - ‘Beloved..’
‘beloved sons…this coronet part between you’
Lear - ‘here I disclaim all my paternal care..’
‘here I disclaim all my paternal care, propinquity and property of blood, and as a stranger to my heart and me hold this from thee for ever’
Fool - ‘thy..’
‘thy clovest thy crown i’th’middle’
Edmund - ‘Thou Nature..’
‘Thou Nature, art my goddess, to thy law my services are bound’
Cordelia - ‘Time..’
‘Time shall unfold what plighted cunning hides’
Goneril - ‘I love you..’
‘I love you more than word can wield the matter’
Edmund - ‘Let me..’
‘Let me, if not by birth, have lands by wit. All with me’s meet that I can fashion fit.’
Regan - ‘I find..’
‘I find she names my very deed of love, only she comes too short.’
Regan - ‘I profess..’
‘I profess myself an an enemy to all other joys’
Regan - ‘I am alone..’
‘I am alone felicitate in you dear highness love’
Kent - ‘I will not..’
‘I will not sleep, my Lord, till I have delivered your letter’
Fool - ‘All thy..’
‘All thy other titles thou hast given away; that thou wast born with’
Cordelia - ‘You have..’
‘You have begot me, bred me, loved me’
Fool - ‘thou hadst..’
‘Thou hadst little wit in thy bald crown’
Regan - ‘I am made..’
‘I am made of that self-same metal as my sister, and prize me at her worth.’
