Act 2 Scene 4 Flashcards
(16 cards)
How does Kent show his loyalty ?
“My lord” “your highness”
What does the Fool say about Fortune ?
“Fortune, that arrant whore, ne’er turns the key to th’poor”
Lear and madness + nature
“We are not ourselves when nature, being oppressed, commands the mind to suffer with the body”
How does Lear describe Gonerill ?
“Sharp-toothed unkindness”
How else does Lear compare Gonerill to a snake ?
“struck me with her tongue most serpent-like upon the very heart”
How does Lear continue to curse Gonerill ?
“dart your blinding flames into her scornful eyes!”
How does Lear talk about fatherhood to Regan ?
“thou art my flesh, my blood, my daughter, or rather a disease that’s in my flesh”
What does Regan say about her inheritance ?
“I gave you all” “And in good time you gave it”
How does Gonerill enrage Lear ?
“What need you five and twenty? ten? or five?”
How does Regan enrage Lear ?
“What need one?”
Lear crashout
“O reason not the need!”
How does Lear compare humans and animals ?
“Man’s life is cheap as beast’s”
Lear’s masculinity
“let not women’s weapons, water drops, stain my man’s cheeks”
What reflects the loss of control ?
“Storm and tempest”
Lear and madness
“O fool, I shall go mad”
How does Regan banish Lear ?
“Shut up your doors”
