Act 1 Scene 1 Flashcards
(17 cards)
Gloucester
“there was good sport at his making”
Lear’s intention
“our darker purpose”
Lear wants “to shake..”
“to shake all cares and business from our age”
Lear’s ultimate desire
“unburdened crawl toward death”
So that…
“that future strife may be prevented now”
Lear’s question to his daughters
“Which of you shall we say doth love us most”
How Lear describes Goneril’s inheritance
“To thine and Albany’s issues”
Lear making his daughters compete
“A third more opulent than your sisters”
Cordelia cannot..
“I cannot heave my heart into my mouth”
What does Lear call Cordelia ?
“my sometime daughter”
What does Lear tell Kent ?
“Come not between the dragon and his wrath”
What did Lear want to retain ?
“reservation of an hundred knights”
Kent on what Lear will do
“He’ll shape his old course in a country new”
How does Lear objectify Cordelia ?
“her price is fallen”
How does Cordelia say the sisters speak ?
“glib and oily art”
What does Goneril say about Lear’s age ?
“You see how full of changes his age is”
What does Regan say about his age ?
“Tis the infirmity of his age”
