Act 4 Scene 5 Flashcards
(16 cards)
Edgar reverberating nothing
“In nothing am I changed but in my garments”
Reconciliation between Edgar and his father
“Why do I trifle this with his despair is done to cure it”
Gloucester and metaphysical
“O you mighty gods! This world I do renounce”
Gloucester about Edgar
“If Edgar life, O bless him”
Edgar to his father
“Thy life’s a miracle”
Edgar’s belief in the gods
“Think that the clearest gods, who make them honours of men’s impossibilities, have preserved thee”
Lear delusion
“I am the king himself”
Lear and animal imagery
“They flattered me like a dog”
Lear and his vulnerability
“They told me I was everything; tis a lie, I am not ague-proof”
Lear about his daughters
“Down from the waist they’re centaurs, though women all above”
Lear and mortality
“Let me wipe it first; it smells of mortality”
Edgar and madness
“Reason in madness”
Lear about life
“When we are born, we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools”
How do people still respect Lear’s status ?
“You are a royal one, and we obey you”
Gloucester and metaphysical
“You ever gentle gods, take my breath from me”
Edgar about enemies
“To know our enemies’ minds, we rip their hearts”
