Act 3 Scene 4 Flashcards
(13 cards)
Lear and madness
“This tempest in my mind doth from my senses take all feeling else”
Lear reflecting on his daughters
“Filial ingratitude”
Lear seeing the lower social class
“Poor naked wretches” (begins to speak in verse)
Lear admitting his carelessness
“I have ta’en too little care of this”
Edgar as Poor Tom meeting Lear
“Who gives anything to Poor Tom, whom the foul fiend hath led through fire and through flame”
Lear’s questioning
“Couldst thou save nothing?”
How does Lear compare his daughters to animals ?
“Those pelican daughters” —> were thought to feed on the flesh and blood of their parents
Poor Tom and lust
“served the lust of my mistress’ heart and did the act of darkness with her”
Poor Tom and animal imagery
“hog in sloth, fox in stealth, wolf in greediness, dog in madness, lion in prey”
Lear’s reflection on mankind
“Is man no more than this?”
Lear on unaccommodated man
“Unaccommodated man is no more but such a poor, bare, forked animal”
To Lear, what does Poor Tom seem like ?
“philosopher”
Gloucester and madness
“Thou sayst the king grows mad; I’ll tell thee, friend, I am almost mad myself”
