king lear lear Flashcards
(18 cards)
lear asks his daughters
“which of you shall we say doth love us most?”
lear disowns cordelia
“here i disclaim all my paternal care”
lear banishes kent
“if on the tenth day following thy banished trunk be found in our dominions the moment is thy death”
lear tell cordelia he wishes she wasnt born
“better thou hadst not been born”
lear starts to reflect
“o most small fault how ugly didst thou in cordelia show”
lear wishes the worst on goneril
“create her a child of spleen”
filial ingratitude
“how sharper than a serpents tooth to have a thankless child”
lear feels mad
“oh let me not be mad”
lear cant believe kent was disrespected
“tis worse than murder”
lear reassures regan
“no regan thou shalt never have my curse”
lear insults genoril
“thou art my flesh or rather a disease thats in my flesh”
lear decides to go with genoril
“thy fifty yet doth double five and twenty and thou art twice her love”
lear insults the sisters
“no you unnatural hags”
lear reflects on when he was king
“how shall your houseless heads and unfed sides defend you from seasons such as these. O I have ta’en too little care of this”
lear has a constant obsession with filial ingratitude
“has his daughters brought him to this pass”
lear has gone completely mad
“goneril with a white beard”
lear starts to point out the injust system
“through tattered clothes great vices do appear robes and furred gowns hide all”
lear asks cordelia for forgiveness
“pray you now forget and forgive i am old and foolish”
