king lear Flashcards
(19 cards)
Lear: “Which of you…”
“Which of you shall we say doth love us most?
Cordelia: “I cannot …”
“I cannot heave my heart into my mouth”
Goneril: “Sir I love you more than…”
“Sir, I love you more than world can wield the matter”
Kent: “See …”
“See better Lear”
Lear: “O let me not …”
“O let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven!”
Lear: “Who is it that can …”
“Who is it that can tell me who I am?”
Gloucester: “As flies to wanton boys…”
“As flies to wanton boys are we to th’ gods. they kill us for their sport.”
Lear: “Why should a dog…”
“Why should a dog, a horse, and a rat hhave life, and thou no breath at all?”
“Old fools are…”
“Old fools are babes again”
“The younger rises …”
“The younger rises when old doth fall.”
“Let us hit…”
“Let us hit together: if our father carry authority with such deposition he bears!”
“Edgar …”
“Edgar I nothing am”
“Bedlam …”
“Bedlam Beggars”
“Nothing …”
“Nothing will come of nothing”
“The gods are just…”
“The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices/make instruments to plague us.”
“Eypose thyself…”
“Eypose thyself to feel what wretches feel”
“All friends shall taste…”
“All friends shall tatse the wages of their virtue, and all the foes the cup of deservings”
“Men must endure…”
“Men must endure their going hence even as their coming hither; ripeness is all”
