King Lear Quotes Flashcards
Generational quote “shake all …..”
“shake all cares and business from our age”
The quote about nothing
“Nothing will come of nothing”
What Lear says to Kent before when Kent tries to interveine
“Come not between the dragon and his wrath!”
“….. rashness”
“Hideous rashness”
How Cordelia says her love is shown
“according to my bond, no more no less”
The final line of Edmunds soliloquy
“Now gods, stand up for bastards!”
“the father should be…… and the son….”
“the father should be as ward to the son and the son manage his revenue”
What Gloucester says when Edmund tells him Edgar has betrayed him
“the bond cracked ‘twixt son and father”
“My cue is……”
“My cue is villainous melancholy”
What Goneril says about their fathers
“Old fools are babes again”
“kind …..”
“kind nursery”
“Who is it that …..”
“Who is it that can tell me who I am?”
What Lear says about a thankless child
“How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child”
Lear’s misogynistic quote about manhood
“I am ashamed that thou hast power to shake my manhood”
The quote about the correlation between wise and old
“Thou should not have been old till thou hadst been wise”
“No …. is …”
“No port is free”
“… on my ….!”
“Death on my state!”
“dart your…. ….. into her …. ….”
“dart your blinding flames into her scornful eyes”
“I abjure all roofs . . . …….”
“I abjure all roofs . . . to be comrade with the wolf and owl”
The quote about mans life
“Man’s life is cheap as beast’s”
“Crack …….”
“Crack nature’s moulds”
The quote about the realm of Albion
“The realm of Albion come to great confusion”