King Lear Quotes Flashcards

1
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Generational quote “shake all …..”

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“shake all cares and business from our age”

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2
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The quote about nothing

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“Nothing will come of nothing”

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3
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What Lear says to Kent before when Kent tries to interveine

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“Come not between the dragon and his wrath!”

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4
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“….. rashness”

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“Hideous rashness”

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5
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How Cordelia says her love is shown

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“according to my bond, no more no less”

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6
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The final line of Edmunds soliloquy

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“Now gods, stand up for bastards!”

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7
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“the father should be…… and the son….”

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“the father should be as ward to the son and the son manage his revenue”

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8
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What Gloucester says when Edmund tells him Edgar has betrayed him

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“the bond cracked ‘twixt son and father”

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9
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“My cue is……”

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“My cue is villainous melancholy”

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10
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What Goneril says about their fathers

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“Old fools are babes again”

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11
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“kind …..”

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“kind nursery”

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12
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“Who is it that …..”

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“Who is it that can tell me who I am?”

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13
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What Lear says about a thankless child

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“How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child”

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14
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Lear’s misogynistic quote about manhood

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“I am ashamed that thou hast power to shake my manhood”

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15
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The quote about the correlation between wise and old

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“Thou should not have been old till thou hadst been wise”

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16
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“No …. is …”

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“No port is free”

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17
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“… on my ….!”

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“Death on my state!”

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18
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“dart your…. ….. into her …. ….”

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“dart your blinding flames into her scornful eyes”

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19
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“I abjure all roofs . . . …….”

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“I abjure all roofs . . . to be comrade with the wolf and owl”

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20
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The quote about mans life

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“Man’s life is cheap as beast’s”

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21
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“Crack …….”

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“Crack nature’s moulds”

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22
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The quote about the realm of Albion

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“The realm of Albion come to great confusion”

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23
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A quote about the generational conflict, the young overturning the old

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“The younger rises when the old doth fall”

24
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“Filial …..”

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“Filial ingratitude”

25
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Lear’s quote questioning the cruelty of humanity out in the storm

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“Is man no more than this? Consider him well”

26
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“…. man”

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“Unaccommodated man”

27
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Edgars last line in his soliloquy, showing his identity has been stolen

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“Edgar I nothing am”

28
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“….. nature ….”

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“Oppressed nature sleeps”

29
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The quote about generational conflict and vengeance

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“Winged vengeance overtake such children”

30
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“Better service have I never done you……..”

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“Better service have I never done you than now to bid you hold”

31
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“Out …. …..”

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“Out vile jelly”

32
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“All … and ….comfortless”

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“All dark and comfortless”

33
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What Goneril says at the end of Act 3 Scene 7 after she has taken out Gloucester’s eyes

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“Let him smell his way to Dover”

34
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” …… and each man have enough”

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“Distribution should undo excess and each man have enough”

35
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“to thee a … … are due”

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“to thee a woman’s services are due”

36
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“she shook … … from … …”

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“she shook holy water from heavenly eyes”

37
Q

“…. virtues”

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“Unpublished virtues”

38
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What Regan says to Oswald when trying to read Goneril’s letter to Edmund

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“I’ll love thee much; let me unseal the letter”

39
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“Why I do…….to cure it”

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“Why I do trifle thus with his despair is done to cure it”

40
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What Edgar says after Gloucester tries to kill himself to convince Gloucester his life was worth living

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“Thy life’s a miracle. Speak yet again”

41
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The quote Lear says about him being vulnerable

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“They told me I was everything; tis a lie, I am not ague-proof”

42
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Lear’s harsh comment about his daughters, linking them to a mythical creature

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“down from the waist they are centaurs . . . the sulphurous pit”

43
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“I am … to the …”

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“I am cut to the brains”

44
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“As flies to …….., they kill us …..”

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“As flies to wanton bots are we to the gods, they kill us for their sport”

45
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What Cordelia says to Lear, suggesting she will help Lear heal

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“let this kiss repair those violent harms”

46
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“would I were ….”

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“would I were assured of my condition”

47
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Lear’s self depreciating comment about himself

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“I am very foolish, fond old man”

48
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“…. is all”

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“Ripeness is all”

49
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What Lear says to Cordelia when they are aware they will be taken to prison

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“Let’s away to prison; we two will sing alone like birds i’the cage”

50
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“This …. serpent”

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“This gilded serpent”

51
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“if not I’ll ne’er … …”

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“if not I’ll ne’er trust medicine”

52
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“Became his guide . . . ……”

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“Became his guide . . . saved him from despair”

53
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“All’s …, … and …”

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“All’s cheerless, dark and deadly”

54
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“All friends shall ……”

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“All friends shall taste the wages of their virtues”

55
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“the … state”

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“the gored state”

56
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What Edgar says at the end of the play

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“speak what we feel not what we ought to say”