EDMUND QUOTES Flashcards
(9 cards)
Thou, ___,art my ____; to thy ____, my services are bound
thou nature art my godess; to thy law, my services are bound
Edmund rejects social custom and follows the rules of nature. He is a bastard child therefore society has told him he is inferior. Hence his dislike of society and his favouring of nature.
legitimate ___, I ___ have ____ land
legitimate edgar, i must have your land
Edmund reveals his overall plan and aim.
yet ___ was ____
yet edmund was beloved
acceptance of his own death, clinging to the goodness/ worth in himself, a yearning for human value.
GLOUC- there was ___ ___ at his _____, and the ________ must be acknowledged
there was good sport at his making, adn the whoreson must be acknowledged
vulgar language and flawed nature causes to question traditional view of monarchs (AO3) - Jacobean convention for illegitimate characters to be villains, by creating sympathy for Edmund, Shakespeare subverts this
why brand they us with base? with ______? bastardy? base ___?
why brand they us with base? with baseness? bastardy? base ? Base?
Plosive alliteration creates a tone of anger and bitterness at the custom, Brand implies the pain caused by this social alienation.
i grow. I ______. Now gods ___ ___ ___ _____
i grow. i prosper. now gods stand up for bastards
which of them shall __ _____? bothh? ___? or ___?
which of them shall i take? both? one? or neither?
it is a letter from my _____
it is a letter from my brother
it was __ that made the ____ of ___ ____ to us _ REGAN
it was he that made the overture of thy treasons to us
