ACT 5 Flashcards
(23 cards)
Regan - ‘But have..’
‘But have you never found my brother’s way to the forfended place?’
Lear - ‘I know..’
‘I know when one is dead, and when one lives; she’s dead as earth’
Edmund - ‘To both..’
‘To both these sisters I have sworn my love; each jealous of the other’
Albany - ‘Shut..’
‘Shut your mouth, dame, or with this paper shall I stople it’
Edmund - ‘Both?..’
‘Both? Neither? Neither can be enjoyed if both remain alive’
Albany - ‘Friends of..’
‘Friends of my soul, you twain rule in this realm, and the gored state sustain’
Lear - ‘Why should..’
‘Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, and thou no breath at all?’
Edmund - ‘I was..’
‘I was contracted to them both; all three now marry in an instant’
Lear - ‘Come, let’s..’
‘Come, let’s away to prison; we two alone will sing like birds i’th’cage’
Albany - ‘All friends..’
‘All friends taste the wages of their virtues, and all foes the cup of their deservings’
Regan - ‘Jesters..’
‘Jesters do oft prove prophets’
Regan - ‘I create thee..’
‘I create thee here my Lord and master’
Lear - ‘Her voice..’
‘Her voice was ever soft, gentle and low’
Edgar - ‘I am..’
‘I am no less in blood than thou art, Edmund’
Edmund - ‘The wheel..’
‘The wheel is come full circle; I am here.’
Edgar - ‘The weight..’
‘The weight of this sad time we must obey, Speak what we feel not what we ought to say. The old hath borne most: we that are young shall never see so much, nor live as long’
Regan - ‘I am..’
‘I am not well; else I should answer from a full flowing stomach’
Edgar - ‘his flawed..’
‘His flawed heart, alack, too weak the conflict to support! Twixt the two extreme of passion, joy, and grief, burst smilingly’
Kent - ‘The wonder..’
‘The wonder is he hath endured so long: he but usurped his life’
Cordelia - ‘Myself..’
‘Myself could else out-frown false Fortune’s frown’
Kent - ‘he hates..’
‘He hates thee that would upon the rack of this tough world stretch him out longer’
Gloucester - ‘No further..’
‘No further, sir; a man may rot even here’
Kent - ‘I have..’
‘I have a journey, sir, shortly to go; my master calls me, I must not say no’
